26/05/2010

New species of invertebrates discovered in the Antarctic

The polyps of the new gorgonia discovered, Tauroprimnoa austasensis and Digitogorgia kuekenthali, in the region of Austasen, in the Eastern Weddell Sea, and to the south-east of the Falklands and Isla Nueve (in Chilean Patagonia) ...

Physicists pin down the proton-halo state in Flourine-17

A halo nucleus has one or more nucleons that are only weakly bound to the nuclear core. Consequently, they drift far away from it, forming, in effect, a halo. These nuclei are difficult to study because their lives are both ...

US examining Apple over online music: NYT

The US Justice Department is examining Apple's tactics in the market for digital music in a preliminary antitrust inquiry, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Microsoft looks beyond China amid piracy problem

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Wednesday that China's weak enforcement of copyright laws has undermined revenues and pushed the company to focus on markets elsewhere in Asia.

New technology will make election voting more efficient

Did you stay up all night to hear your local result during the recent election? Time-consuming manual vote-counts and ballot boxes could soon be consigned to the history books, thanks to innovative new secure voting technology.

Aussies and Kiwis forge a cosmic connection

Six radio telescopes across Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to act as one giant telescope, linking up over a distance of 5500 km for the first time.

Astronomers Discover Clue to Origin of Milky Way Gas Clouds

A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred locations has given astronomers a key clue about the origin of such clouds, which play an important part ...

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