Telling the time of Earth's core formation
Australian and Swiss scientists say they may have solved a mystery concerning conflicting formation times for the Earth's core.
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Study: Chimps don't care about friends
University of California-Los Angeles scientists say helping others is apparently a uniquely human habit -- or, at least, not a habit shared by chimpanzees.
Oct 26, 2005
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Nortel adds Websense cell-phone filter
Nortel has teamed with a San Diego security developer on a filtering solution for text-capable cell phones.
Oct 26, 2005
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Survey: Cell-phone appearance matters
Cell-phone appearance is as an important a factor in customer satisfaction as are features and capabilities, a new consumer survey said Wednesday.
Oct 26, 2005
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Study: Sharks have mammal-like muscles
University of British Columbia scientists say some sharks have swimming muscles that only work at relatively high temperatures -- much as do mammals' muscles.
Oct 26, 2005
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Briefs: Yahoo! launches travel Web site
Yahoo! launched Wednesday a travel guide that allows users to plan their trips as well as look up information about their destinations.
Oct 26, 2005
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Cassini finds Prometheus a sculptor of Saturn's rings
New findings from members of the Cassini imaging team show that certain prominent features in Saturn's narrow and contorted F ring can be understood in terms of a simple gravitational interaction with the small moon Prometheus. ...
Oct 26, 2005
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DNA size a crucial factor in genetic mutations, study finds
Researchers at Stanford University have created a larger-than-normal DNA molecule that is copied almost as efficiently as natural DNA. The findings, reported in the Oct. 25 online edition of the Proceedings of the National ...
Oct 26, 2005
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Stanford innovation helps 'enlighten' silicon chips
Light can carry data at much higher rates than electricity, but it has always been too expensive and difficult to use light to transmit data among silicon chips in electronic devices. Now, electrical engineers at Stanford ...
Oct 26, 2005
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Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic
In follow-on work to last year's groundbreaking toxicological study on water-soluble buckyballs, researchers at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) find that water-soluble carbon ...
Oct 26, 2005
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