30/08/2005

North Korea's baby steps for the Internet

Talks between North Korea and some of its most powerful neighbors continue to be bumpy at best as the hermit nation keeps playing its trump card of threatening to become a nuclear power. Whether Kim Jong-Il's regime actually ...

Ozone stabilization reported

A recent global study reportedly suggests the Earth's ozone is recovering, indicating an international ban on ozone-depleting chemicals is effective.

Survey: Students drawn to mobile e-mail

College students are more likely to access mobile e-mail than their parents or business executives of similar middle age, a new survey reported.

Mars Orbiter Makes Successful Course Correction

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment for reaching the red planet on March 10, 2006.

Toronto Research Uncovers Genetic Instructions To Build Life

Life at its most basic level - millions of chemical building blocks holding hereditary information - is controlled by genetic instructions, or genes, responsible for healthy development and protection against disease. By ...

M Dwarfs: The Search For Life Is On

When you look up at the night sky, none of the stars you see are M dwarfs. These diminutive stars, much smaller and dimmer than our own sun aren't bright enough to see with the naked eye. Yet M dwarfs (also known as red dwarfs) ...

Dieting won't add many years to life

Scientists have found severely cutting calories for decades may add a few years to a human life span, but won't enable humans to live to 125 years or more.

Study uses quantum chemical calculations

Rising oil prices reportedly are increasing the momentum to develop more efficient combustion systems. But scientists say essential to that goal is a need to achieve greater understanding of the complex chemical reactions ...

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