Scientists try to interpret horse speak
U.S. researchers are listening to horse vocalizations in an attempt to interpret how stress is communicated when the animals whinny.
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HTC's Dopod deal seen as positive for IPO
There may be a surge in multi-tasking personal digital assistant phones across Asia, or so there would be if High Tech Computer's plans pan out.
Business
Jun 5, 2006
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FEI systems selected for Russian center
The FEI Company announced Monday that three of its systems have been selected as core enabling tools for a new Russian nanotechnology facility.
Nanophysics
Jun 5, 2006
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EU revises position on software patents
Is software patentable in Europe? Following questioning from a member of the European parliament, the European Commission recently released a statement containing strong implications that computer programs aren't patentable, ...
Software
Jun 5, 2006
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Marmots are returned to the Dolomites
Twenty pairs of marmots -- Europe's version of the U.S.'s groundhog -- have been reintroduced into Italy's National Park of the Belluno Dolomites.
Jun 5, 2006
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Shuttling Electrons
“We are trying to understand quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems,” Jason Twamley explains to PhysOrg.com. “These systems display richer dynamics and interactions than one can obtain with quantum optical systems, ...
Group Living Takes a Toll on Galaxies
Astronomers have detected substantial amounts of filamentary, cold gas in compact groups of galaxies, highlighting what may be an important force in galactic evolution, scientists announced today at the American Astronomical ...
Astronomy
Jun 5, 2006
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New software 'teaches' computers how to identify beauty
Beauty is no longer just in the eye of the beholder-computers "taught" to evaluate photographs can match people's aesthetic judgments of "beautiful" or "pretty" more than 70 percent of the time, according to Penn State researchers.
Software
Jun 5, 2006
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Carbon Dots Newest Member of Brightly Luminescent Nanoparticle Family
Chemists at Clemson University have developed a new type of quantum dot that is the first to be made from carbon. Like their metal-based counterparts, these nanoscale "carbon dots" glow brightly when exposed to light and ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 5, 2006
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Scientists predict pulsar starquakes
Scientists have discovered how to predict earthquake-like events in pulsars, the dense remains of exploded stars. These are violent episodes that likely crack a pulsar's dense crust and momentarily increase its spin rate.
Astronomy
Jun 5, 2006
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