Briefs: Bird flu spread into Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has become the fifth African nation to confirm an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, reported at a farm near Ouagadougou.
Apr 4, 2006
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NASA and Zero-G Agree on Regular Shuttle Runway Use
NASA and Zero Gravity Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced today the company -- known as ZERO-G -- will begin to regularly use the space shuttle's runway and landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. This ...
Apr 4, 2006
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Despite debate, stem-cell research surges
More than four years ago U.S. President George Bush severely limited public funding for stem-cell studies but now such spending is at a record high.
Apr 4, 2006
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Digital revolution takes on movie industry
With Hollywood's largest studios launching a download-and-own film service via rivals Movielink.com and Cinemanow.com, the move towards digital distribution also means the move toward D-Cinema.
Apr 4, 2006
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Professor predicts human time travel this century
With a brilliant idea and equations based on Einstein’s relativity theories, Ronald Mallett from the University of Connecticut has devised an experiment to observe a time traveling neutron in a circulating light beam. While ...
Physics and biology team up to tackle protein folding debate
A team of researchers from EPFL, (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), the University of Lausanne, Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University bring biology and statistical physics together to answer the question ...
Apr 4, 2006
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Nanoparticles may pose threat to liver cells, say scientists
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are to study the effects of nanoparticles on the liver. In a UK first, the scientists will assess whether nanoparticles –already found in pollution from traffic exhaust, but also ...
Apr 4, 2006
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Emissions plan sparks EPA internal fight
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional officials are protesting a planned revision of airborne toxic emission rules for industrial plants.
Apr 4, 2006
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Briefs: Chunghwa updates international switching
Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom is moving its international circuit-switched infrastructure to a Voice over Internet Protocol next-generation network.
Apr 4, 2006
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Briefs: Sprint expands mobile ticket purchasing
Sprint launched a service that will allow its mobile users to buy Las Vegas monorail tickets from their handsets via text-message.
Apr 4, 2006
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