In Brief: Ireland prods broadband loop competition
Ireland's communication ministry is seeking a more active role in encouraging competition and expansion of the nation's struggling broadband industry.
Business
Apr 27, 2006
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Human role in megafauna extinction: study
The case is mounting for a human role in the mass extinction of giant animals that once ranged across Australia according to new research which challenges results from a site long claimed to clear people as the main cause ...
Archaeology
Apr 27, 2006
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Researchers create a biologically-inspired artificial compound eye
Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers at University of California, Berkeley, has created a series of artificial compound eyes.
General Physics
Apr 27, 2006
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Starquake Reveals Hidden Structure of a Neutron Star
A US-German team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and NASA have used NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer to estimate the depth of the crust on a neutron star, the densest object known in the universe. ...
Astronomy
Apr 27, 2006
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XMM-Newton digs into the secrets of fossil galaxy clusters
Taking advantage of the high sensitivity of ESA's XMM-Newton and the sharp vision of NASA's Chandra X-Ray space observatories, astronomers have studied the behaviour of massive fossil galaxy clusters, trying to find out how ...
Astronomy
Apr 27, 2006
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Hubble provides spectacular view of ongoing comet breakup
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is providing astronomers with extraordinary views of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 as it disintegrates before our eyes. Recent Hubble images have uncovered many more fragments than have ...
Astronomy
Apr 27, 2006
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Software allows neighbors to improve Internet access at no extra cost
Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed software that enables the sharing of high-speed wireless connections without compromising security or privacy. The software can improve ...
Software
Apr 27, 2006
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Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel
UK expertise is being exported to North America to help prevent a unique type of red squirrel dying out in as little as 30 years time. Researchers from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in England, working with The University ...
Apr 27, 2006
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Researchers find metal gets stronger with three or more line defects
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have discovered that three is the magic number when it comes to strengthening metals.
Condensed Matter
Apr 27, 2006
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New weapons needed for the war on junk email
Today's spam filters are highly effective, but they may be no match for spammers seeking new ways to fool people into visiting commercial websites or downloading rogue software carrying viruses, worms, spyware, or other dangerous ...
Software
Apr 27, 2006
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