23/06/2010

Soil moisture study aims for climate change insights

A new $26-million NASA project led by a University of Michigan researcher aims to help clarify how ecosystems exchange carbon with the atmosphere, an important piece of missing knowledge in the quest to understand, predict, ...

'Quantum computer' a stage closer with silicon breakthrough

The remarkable ability of an electron to exist in two places at once has been controlled in the most common electronic material - silicon - for the first time. The research findings - published in Nature by a UK-Dutch team ...

King Tut died of blood disorder: German researchers

Legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists said Wednesday, rejecting earlier research that suggested he died of malaria.

Nations fail to limit whaling, Japan still hunts

(AP) -- An international effort to truly limit whale hunting collapsed Wednesday, leaving Japan, Norway and Iceland free to keep killing hundreds of mammals a year, even raiding a marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters unchecked.

AT&T wraps $2.35B buy of wireless properties

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of wireless properties in 18 states from Verizon Wireless for $2.35 billion in cash.

First preliminary profile of proteins in bed bugs' saliva

With bed bugs reemerging as a nuisance in some parts of the country, scientists are reporting the first preliminary description of the bug's sialome — the saliva proteins that are the secret to Cimex lectularius' ability ...

AT&T not selling iPhone 4 until June 29

(AP) -- Though Apple stores will be carrying the iPhone 4 this Thursday, you'll have to wait until next week if you want to buy it from its official U.S. wireless carrier, AT&T Inc.

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