W3C releases mobile site practices
Mobile content far beyond ringtones and wallpapers is on its way with the recent release of guidelines for designers of Web sites solely for the mobile phone.
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The beginnings of the thinking brain
Oxford researchers have identified the very first neurons in the human cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that sets us apart from all other animals.
Jun 28, 2006
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Panasonic Develops the World's First GaN Vertical Transistor
Panasonic today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistor with vertical structure which dramatically reduces the chip size comparing with the conventional planar structure. This is the ...
Jun 28, 2006
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Modeling Supernovae Core Collapse
“What we've done,” explains University of Arizona professor Adam Burrows, “is unlocked the core of supernovae. We have a computational tool that allows us to go into the core, and we see that there’s gravitational ...
Jun 28, 2006
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Research aims at understanding mysterious music phenomenon
Mari Kimura is an acclaimed Japanese violinist who has the rare ability of producing strange sounds with her instrument. She doesn’t know how this is possible, but a team of scientists at University of Tromsø ...
Jun 28, 2006
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Researchers discover new cell structures
Carnegie Mellon University researchers Kris Noel Dahl and Mohammad F. Islam have made a new breakthrough for children suffering from an extremely rare disease that accelerates the aging process by about seven times the normal ...
Jun 28, 2006
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Montana State University scientists to get new cold lab
Half-million-year-old Antarctic ice, avalanche triggers, frost heaves in roads and the possibility of life in Martian ice caps are just a few of the research projects expected to find a home in a new cluster of labs planned ...
Jun 28, 2006
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A car's middle back seat may be least desirable, but it's the safest
In a full car, some poor soul is relegated to the middle of the back seat, the least desirable, most uncomfortable, most "un-cool" spot in the vehicle. It also happens to be the safest.
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Landfills, chemical weapon debris possibly a good match, computer model suggests
Putting building debris contaminated by chemical weapons into municipal landfills likely would pose only a minimal risk to nearby communities and the surrounding environment, according to a study scheduled for publication ...
Jun 28, 2006
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Microscopic scaffolding offers a 'simple' solution to treating skin injuries
A revolutionary dissolvable scaffold for growing new areas of skin could provide a safer, more effective way of treating burns, diabetic ulcers and similar injuries.
Jun 28, 2006
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Trailer park residents face multiple challenges
The denizens of America's rural trailer parks have heard all the snide comments about their homes – and they have been labeled everything from "trailer trash" to "tornado magnets" – but beneath that ridicule lie acute ...
Jun 28, 2006
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In Brief: S. Korea to launch comm satellite Aug. 10
South Korea plans to launch a communications satellite in August that will be used by both the military and civilian sectors.
Jun 28, 2006
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Germany may spark European climate crisis
The German government may reportedly trigger a European "climate crisis" by enacting extremely limited carbon emission rules.
Jun 28, 2006
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NASA engineer quits 5 days before launch
A 30-year NASA veteran and one of the agency's top shuttle engineers has reportedly angrily resigned only five days before Saturday's Discovery launch.
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The Web: The Age of Individualized Adverts
Online marketing today is about more than inserting "Hello, Roger," in the subject line of an e-mail and hoping it somehow convinces the recipient, in this instance, a chap named "Roger," that it is truly customized, intended ...
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