“From Mars to the Earth and back” is the theme when the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and University of Bern in Switzerland build and launch a mass spectrometer on a stratospheric ...
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2008
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Sandia National Laboratories recently licensed its safer fuel air diversionary device technology to Defense Technology Corporation of America, located in Casper, Wyo.
Other
Apr 16, 2008
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A global survey of trade experts has found a marked increase in pessimism on the outcome of current world trade negotiations.
Other
Apr 16, 2008
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NASA has completed the first full-scale rocket motor test for the Constellation Program's Orion spacecraft, a test of a solid rocket that will be used to jettison the craft's launch abort system.
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2008
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Hitachi today announced the Ultrastar15K450 hard drive. The new drive uses perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to deliver 450GB of storage, currently the highest available capacity in 15,000 RPM enterprise-class ...
Hardware
Apr 16, 2008
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A new University of Chicago study shows that older people remain vital and active members of society as they age, despite a popular notion that they are more likely to be socially isolated.
Other
Apr 16, 2008
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Seiko Epson and E Ink today announced a jointly developed display controller IC enabling new capabilities for E Ink's Vizplex enabled electronic paper displays. EPD low-power consumption screen technology is driving an emerging ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 16, 2008
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Ice cores are essential for climate research, because they represent the only archive which allows direct measurements of atmospheric composition and greenhouse gas concentrations in the past. Using novel isotopic studies, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2008
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University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique for imaging cells under an electron microscope that yields a sharper image of the structure of chromatin, the tightly wound bundle of genetic material and proteins ...
Apr 16, 2008
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The idea that girls are not interested in science and technology is a popular misconception. For the past five years, school girls have been working with robots in "Roberta courses". And now Roberta is ready to take Europe. ...
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Apr 16, 2008
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