In July, the particle collider experiments at DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory revealed their latest search results for the elusive Higgs particle. Based on the analyses of data collected by the CDF and DZero ...
General Physics
Aug 16, 2010
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Sharon Herbert and her team were wrapping up their dig at the Tel Kedesh site in Israel, sweeping the site in the 140-degree heat, when a student showed University of Michigan doctoral instructor Lisa Cakmak what he first ...
Archaeology
Aug 16, 2010
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The next generation of Mars rovers could have smaller, cheaper, more robust and more sensitive life-detecting instruments, thanks to a new invention by scientists at DOE's Idaho National Laboratory.
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2010
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Virtual currency manager Jambool announced Monday that it has been purchased by Google for an undisclosed sum.
Internet
Aug 16, 2010
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University of Washington engineers are developing the first device able to transmit American Sign Language over U.S. cellular networks. The tool is just completing its initial field test by participants in a UW summer program ...
Telecom
Aug 16, 2010
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As Marcellus Shale activity sweeps Western Pennsylvania, a new University of Pittsburgh database reveals that approximately 7 percent of Allegheny County's land has been leased for drilling and extraction since 2003. In addition, ...
Environment
Aug 16, 2010
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In experiments with potentially broad health care implications, a research team led by a University of Washington physicist has devised a method that works at a very small scale to sequence DNA quickly and relatively inexpensively.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 16, 2010
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has raised the efficiency of its high-performance red light-emitting diode (LED) by 30% under laboratory conditions. This record-setting efficiency was achieved through optimization of the chips. ...
Engineering
Aug 16, 2010
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(AP) -- Fish, shrimp and other catches from the Gulf of Mexico are being ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil in what's considered unprecedented safety testing - sort of a "CSI" for seafood that's far more reassuring ...
Environment
Aug 16, 2010
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(AP) -- Dell Inc. said Monday it is buying 3Par Inc., a maker of enterprise data storage equipment, for about $1.13 billion in cash.
Business
Aug 16, 2010
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