U.S. researchers are listening to horse vocalizations in an attempt to interpret how stress is communicated when the animals whinny.

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Jun 05, 2006 4.1 / 5 (21) 0

There may be a surge in multi-tasking personal digital assistant phones across Asia, or so there would be if High Tech Computer's plans pan out.

Technology - Business

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Belgium scientists say they have discovered a new kind of mutation that might be at the origin of many phenotypes in various species.

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Jun 05, 2006 4.4 / 5 (5) 0

The FEI Company announced Monday that three of its systems have been selected as core enabling tools for a new Russian nanotechnology facility.

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jun 05, 2006 5 / 5 (2) 0

Is software patentable in Europe? Following questioning from a member of the European parliament, the European Commission recently released a statement containing strong implications that computer programs aren't patentable, ...

Technology - Software

Jun 05, 2006 5 / 5 (3) 0

Twenty pairs of marmots -- Europe's version of the U.S.'s groundhog -- have been reintroduced into Italy's National Park of the Belluno Dolomites.

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Jun 05, 2006 4 / 5 (1) 0

“We are trying to understand quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems,” Jason Twamley explains to PhysOrg.com. “These systems display richer dynamics and interactions than one can obtain with quantum optical ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jun 05, 2006 4.3 / 5 (26) 0

Astronomers have detected substantial amounts of filamentary, cold gas in compact groups of galaxies, highlighting what may be an important force in galactic evolution, scientists announced today at the American ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jun 05, 2006 5 / 5 (1) 0

Beauty is no longer just in the eye of the beholder-computers "taught" to evaluate photographs can match people's aesthetic judgments of "beautiful" or "pretty" more than 70 percent of the time, according to Penn State researchers.

Technology - Software

Jun 05, 2006 4.4 / 5 (13) 0

Chemists at Clemson University have developed a new type of quantum dot that is the first to be made from carbon. Like their metal-based counterparts, these nanoscale "carbon dots" glow brightly when exposed to light and ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jun 05, 2006 3.6 / 5 (11) 0

Scientists have discovered how to predict earthquake-like events in pulsars, the dense remains of exploded stars. These are violent episodes that likely crack a pulsar's dense crust and momentarily increase its spin rate.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jun 05, 2006 4.4 / 5 (5) 0

Researchers have developed a new technique that could provide detailed information about the growth of carbon nanotubes and other nanometer-scale structures as they are being produced. The technique offers ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jun 05, 2006 4.4 / 5 (15) 0

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, will introduce a 3.5" LCD with embedded touch screen, and the first-ever 7" LCD driven by ...

Electronics - Hardware

Jun 05, 2006 4.2 / 5 (9) 0

U.S. scientists say beavers, known for their beneficial environmental effects near their dams, are also critical in maintaining downstream ecosystems.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 05, 2006 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A British scientist who helped produce the world's first cloned mammal proposes creating cloned babies genetically altered to prevent hereditary disease.

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Jun 05, 2006 4.3 / 5 (3) 0