Sony Bluetooth car stereo comes to Canada
Canadian commuters will soon be able to have access to their car stereo as well as their cell phones using the same headset.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 26, 2006
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The Web: Designing like an expert online
Design and graphics software used to be targeted solely at commercial art professionals -- creative directors at ad agencies and magazine production editors. And, perhaps, rightly so. But the Internet is changing all that, ...
Internet
Jul 26, 2006
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Island Universes with a twist
If life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you will get – the Universe, with its immensely large variety of galaxies, must be a real candy store! ESO's Very Large Telescope has taken images of three different ...
Astronomy
Jul 26, 2006
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Brookhaven Lab wins R&D 100 Award for X-ray focusing device
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has won a 2006 R&D 100 award for developing the first device able to focus a large spread of high-energy x-rays. The device, called a Sagittal Focusing ...
General Physics
Jul 26, 2006
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Research project tests remote sensing to measure Earth's water cycle
This summer's dry Iowa weather has helped drive home the importance of soil moisture not just to farmers, but also to gardeners, homeowners and consumers looking for fresh produce.
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2006
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Plenty of nothing: A hole new quantum spin
Electronic devices are always shrinking in size but it's hard to imagine anything beating what researchers at the University of New South Wales have created: a tiny wire that doesn't even use electrons to carry a current.
General Physics
Jul 26, 2006
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Real-time decision-support system can save lives
Making the right decision when you are under pressure can make the difference between success and failure in many safety-critical applications. When you are faced with a major fire for example, it could save lives, as it ...
Software
Jul 26, 2006
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Something in the air: Nanoparticles and ...?
The world's first machine to simultaneously measure two vital properties of airborne nanoparticle pollution is going on an overseas trip to a leading atmospheric chemistry laboratory in Switzerland.
Nanomaterials
Jul 26, 2006
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Scientists Discover Ancient Marine Reptiles
A team led by University of Adelaide palaeontologist Dr Benjamin Kear has identified two new species of ancient marine reptiles that swam the shallow waters of an inland sea in Australia 115 million years ago.
Archaeology
Jul 26, 2006
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