Meteor shower is possible next week
Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 will be visible this week and next through telescopes or on the Internet and might produce a meteor shower Monday night.
Astronomy
May 17, 2006
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Groups challenge FDA on nanoparticles
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been challenged on the way it regulates skin products with nanoparticle ingredients.
Bio & Medicine
May 17, 2006
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Slab of sunken ocean floor found deep within Earth
Deep within Earth, halfway to its center in an area where Earth's core meets its mantle, lies a massive folded slab of rock that once was the ocean floor, reports a team of researchers in the current issue of Nature.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2006
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Trio of Neptunes and their belt
Using the ultra-precise HARPS spectrograph on ESO's 3.6-m telescope at La Silla (Chile), a team of European astronomers have discovered that a nearby star is host to three Neptune-mass planets. The innermost planet is most ...
Astronomy
May 17, 2006
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Study: Human activity produces drought
Columbia University scientists have linked recent water shortages in the northeastern United States with human activities.
Environment
May 17, 2006
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New Twist on Origin of Human Species
New study suggests that the last common ancestor shared between chimps and humans may be ~1 million years more recent than previous estimates. Additional findings reveal a particularly young age of one of the human sex chromosomes ...
May 17, 2006
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Mobile TV to come to Taiwanese cell phones
Inventec Appliances Corporation and Siano Mobile Silicon signed a deal in Taiwan Tuesday to integrate mobile digital TV receivers into handheld devices.
Telecom
May 17, 2006
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In Brief: AT&T expands network integration services
AT&T expanded its network integration services in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East.
Telecom
May 17, 2006
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Firm develops way to fight pictoral spam
Israeli e-mail security company Comtouch unveiled Tuesday new technology designed to target spam that consists only of pictures.
Internet
May 17, 2006
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Plantronics creates VoIP Bluetooth headset
Headset designer Plantronics has introduced the first Bluetooth headset optimized for Voice over Internet Protocol connectivity.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 17, 2006
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