Over the past three years, two distinguished panels - the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission - released major reports that found our oceans and coasts in serious trouble. Like the ...
Mar 27, 2006
4.6 / 5 (10)
0
For more than a decade space-based radar instruments have been routinely observing ocean surface phenomena including wind, waves, oil slicks, even the eyes of hurricanes. Now – employing the same principle ...
Mar 27, 2006
4.7 / 5 (3)
0
Microscopic specs of lead are offering clues about the enormous cultural changes that swept across northern Africa a thousand years ago. At The University of Arizona in Tucson, a young archaeologist is analyzing ...
Mar 27, 2006
3.5 / 5 (6)
0
Cancer vaccines are being investigated in early-phase clinical trials around the world, with many of those trials recruiting patients with melanoma. Although tumor regressions have been seen in 10% to 20% of patients with ...
Mar 27, 2006
4 / 5 (2)
0
National Semiconductor Monday unveiled a trio of white light-emitting diode drivers for backlit displays on cell phones and other wireless devices.
Mar 27, 2006
not rated yet
0
Ericsson launched an integrated broadband network that will combine its access system with that of Marconi's, which it bought out earlier this year.
Mar 27, 2006
not rated yet
0
U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., will be honored with an award for contributions in science, engineering and technology. Wolf will receive the 2006 George E. Brown Jr. Award for his leadership in the field on March 28 during ...
Mar 27, 2006
not rated yet
0
As the fifth season of American Idol wraps up on television, Web site American Idol Underground is just beginning its Big Push contest, where unknown artists compete and get judged by online listeners.
Mar 27, 2006
not rated yet
0
XM Satellite Radio added 10 new music channels and seven news channels to its lineup, including a program hosted by Oprah Winfrey.
Mar 27, 2006
3.5 / 5 (2)
0
The details of running the World Wide Web as well as the Internet's future will be on the table this week when ICANN holds its annual meeting in New Zealand.
Mar 27, 2006
not rated yet
0
Computer networks can dramatically cut costs and improve customer satisfaction, but only for major Fortune 500 and Forbes 400 companies, right? Perhaps that was the case last century, but not anymore. Experts ...
Mar 27, 2006
3 / 5 (2)
0
With President Bush talking up trips to the moon and Mars, and a new satellite circling the red planet, ever wonder what it feels like in space? The expensive way to find out is to hitch a ride on a parabolic aircraft trip, ...
Mar 27, 2006
3.5 / 5 (2)
0
Professor Gwo-Bin Vincent Lee, from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and his colleagues have manufactured three-dimensional, micromachined magnetic tweezers to manipulate DNA molecules. Their method was published in ...
Mar 27, 2006
4.2 / 5 (32)
0
A jet fuel comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, but derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, has successfully powered a helicopter jet engine, according to a Penn State fuel scientist. "Because the fuel is 50 percent ...
Mar 27, 2006
4.1 / 5 (13)
0
One of the most effective chemotherapy drugs against cancer is cisplatin because it attaches to cancer DNA and disrupts repair. However, it also kills healthy tissue. Many scientists are creating alternative drugs or cisplatin ...
Mar 27, 2006
5 / 5 (7)
0
