Observations by two of the world's largest telescopes provide strong evidence that a peculiar type of exploding star may be the origin of elusive gamma-ray bursts that have puzzled scientists for more than 30 years. A team ...
May 26, 2005
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"Smart" solid-state light sources now being developed not only have the potential to provide significant energy savings, but also offer new opportunities for applications that go well beyond the lighting provided by conventional ...
May 26, 2005
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Amateur observers and scholars alike have remarked that older people often have more intense and complex emotional lives than their younger cohort. What accounts for the difference, wondered psychologist Ursina Teuscher: ...
May 26, 2005
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Intel Corporation today unveiled two new platforms for home and office PCs. The new platforms, which combine key hardware and software technologies, are designed to provide consumers the ability to do more with their digital ...
May 26, 2005
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Argonne National Laboratory will receive $3 million over three years for basic science studies that may lead to improved catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells.
May 26, 2005
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Some century-old chemistry could have a strong impact on important issues in biosensors and other nanotech devices, according to a Purdue University research group. A team led by Alexander Wei has shown that amines, a large ...
May 26, 2005
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Samsung Electronics, the leader in thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) technology, today called for a standardization of LCD glass sizes in a speech by its LCD Business president, Sang Wan Lee delivered ...
May 26, 2005
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Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) and Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. (FLA), innovators in advanced networking technology, today introduced the latest version of the single-chip 10Gbps Ethernet switch with ...
May 26, 2005
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Particle Physicists are embarking on a new attempt to solve the mysteries of quarks with the completion of the three most powerful supercomputers ever applied to this problem, including one at the University of Edinburgh ...
May 26, 2005
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When NASA launches its new Deep Space Test Bed (DSTB) facility later this month, an experiment designed and built by undergraduate students in the College of Engineering will be aboard.
May 26, 2005
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