Briefs: Vietnam to launch telecom satellite in '08
Vietnam plans to launch its first telecommunications satellite in 2008, the Viet Nam News Agency said Wednesday.
Feb 23, 2006
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New underwater seismometers to be deployed
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists plan to deploy 40 ocean bottom seismometers in the Pacific Ocean to better monitor earthquakes.
Feb 23, 2006
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Briefs: 24 new markets to get DIRECTV high def
DIRECTV has announced the next two dozen television markets in the United States that will receive local high-definition programming.
Feb 23, 2006
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Briefs: Sony to stop employing former executives
Sony said Thursday it will stop appointing former executives as special advisers after their retirement.
Feb 23, 2006
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Nano World: Making safer carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes can get modified to help them pass apparently safely through bloodstreams, potentially easing past concerns about nanotube toxicity, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Feb 23, 2006
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Coral reef was untouched by tsunami
Scientists say they've discovered a large coral reef off Thailand that was apparently undisturbed by the catastrophic December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Feb 23, 2006
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Livedoor e-mail scandal rattles lawmakers
Is the e-mail real or is it a forgery? That is the question that has been the hottest topic for debate among Japanese legislators over the past week, ever since a member of the opposition party presented what he claimed was ...
Feb 23, 2006
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Feds plan nuke waste depot on Indian land
A controversy concerning radioactive waste storage has developed at the Goshute Indian Reservation in Skull Valley, Utah.
Feb 23, 2006
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Sun powers stars' cells on Oscar night
The makers of a solar-powered charger for cell phones are hitching a ride with Hollywood's hottest stars to pitch their product on Oscar night.
Feb 23, 2006
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Better carbon dating revises some history
Advances in radiocarbon dating are leading scientists to revise estimates of when early modern humans arrived in Europe.
Feb 23, 2006
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