20/02/2006

Scientists oppose intelligent design

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, meeting in St. Louis, mounted an offensive against intelligent design.

Japan baseball teams make more use of IT

Some of Japan's newer baseball teams are using information technology to improve the game experience for fans, a local daily reported Monday.

New material means 'x-ray specs' no longer required

A new optical effect has been created in a London laboratory that means solid objects such as walls could one day be rendered transparent, scientists report today in the journal Nature Materials.

Oceans may soon be more corrosive than when the dinosaurs died

Increased carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly making the world's oceans more acidic and, if unabated, could cause a mass extinction of marine life similar to one that occurred 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs disappeared. ...

Israeli companies out in force at 3GSM

Forty-four Israeli firms participated in last week's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor reported.

Google in Israel: It's official

Search engine giant Google formally announced the opening of an Israel branch at a news conference Monday.

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