08/12/2004

New IP Phones from Siemens for Communication over IP

With optiPoint 420, the Siemens Communications Group has launched a new telephone family for the business customer segment. The optiPoint 420 series comprises IP phones that offer users major new advantages when communica­ting ...

Fastest glacier in Greenland doubles speed

The world's fastest glacier, Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae, doubled its speed between 1997 and 2003. The rapid movement of ice from land into the sea provides key evidence of newly discovered relationships between ice sheets, ...

Cardiff experts set world standards in micro-engineering

Component so small, it was believed impossible to create Micro-machining experts in Cardiff University's award-winning Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) have created a vital component so small, it was previously believed ...

Study: Ocean tides once spread massive icebergs

Connection between changes in ocean circulation and future climate remains a matter of great interest Labrador Sea ocean tides dislodged huge Arctic icebergs thousands of years ago, carrying gigantic ice-rafted debris across ...

Dark Fiber Technology Creates Faster Networking

The quality of real-time video events such as interactive music master classes will improve at Columbia University as a result of a new, high-speed network known as the New York City Dark Fiber Network. This is just one ...

Can science lead to justice?

Science and the English legal system are fundamentally incompatible, Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, writes in Chemistry & Industry magazine. ‘The courts want certainty; science cannot provide ...

Toshiba and Memory-Tech Develop Dual Format DVD

Memory-Tech Corporation and Toshiba Corporation today announced that they have jointly developed a dual-layer ROM (read-only) disc that can store content in both the HD DVD and DVD formats. The newly developed ROM disc ...

NASA's Top Astronaut John Young to Retire

by Amiko Nevills After four decades and half a dozen space flights - including a moonwalk and the first Shuttle mission -veteran NASA astronaut John Young is hanging up his flight suit. So, how did this amazing career of ...

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