Court rules against Bush administration
A federal appeals court has overturned a clean-air regulation issued by the Bush administration, ruling in favor of environmental advocacy groups.
Mar 20, 2006
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Networking: 'Corridor Warriors'
They are called "corridor warriors." They're the 21st century's revised version of "road warriors," those late-20th-century business professionals, last seen scurrying about airports, with mobile phones attached to their ...
Mar 20, 2006
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Briefs: XO expanding U.S. fiber-optic network
XO Communications said Monday it was deploying new equipment along its U.S. long-haul fiber-optic network that will double the network's capacity.
Mar 20, 2006
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Researchers find fat gene
Rutgers researchers have identified a gene – and the molecular function of its protein product – that provides an important clue to further understanding obesity and may point the way to new drugs to control fat metabolism.
Mar 20, 2006
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Behavioral studies show UV contributes to marsupial color vision
Work reported this week provides new evidence that marsupials, like primates, have functional color vision based on three different types of color photoreceptor cones--but unlike primates, a component of marsupial color vision ...
Mar 20, 2006
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Mouse gets human-type immune system
Japanese researchers say they've transplanted a human-type immune system into a mouse.
Mar 20, 2006
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New supercomputer design planned
Seattle-based Cray Inc., a manufacturer of high performance computers, announced Monday a radical design change for its supercomputers.
Mar 20, 2006
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Blackstar A False Messiah From Groom Lake
Many Space Cadets have gone gaga over the report in Aviation Week that the US military has developed a secret reusable spaceplane. It seemingly confirms a long-standing fantasy in the space community. For years a lot of ...
Mar 20, 2006
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Astronomers Find Origin Of Extreme-Helium Stars
Astronomers have determined the origin of a very unusual and rare type of star. New data indicate that extreme-helium stars, as they are called, form from the merger of two white dwarfs.
Mar 20, 2006
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