NASA may use Hawaiian ash in Mars training
Hawaii's stark volcanic landscape that once served as a training ground for lunar astronauts might soon be a resource for Mars training.
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eBay's bid for Skype may backfire
Rumors abound that eBay, the world's biggest and most successful online auction house, will buy out Skype Technologies, an Internet-based telecommunications group.
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The China Yahoo! welcome: You've got Jail!
This week's revelations involving a Chinese journalist sentenced to 10 years in jail for revealing state secrets indicates the weaknesses of human rights and corporate behavior in the virtual world.
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Report: China may ban some VoIP services
The Chinese government was reportedly on the verge Friday of slapping a ban on some Voice over Internet Protocol telephone service.
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Study: Ancient humans 'altered' climate
Researchers say they've determined humans were influencing the planet's climate long before the Industrial Revolution.
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More space objects are discovered
Three astronomers who in July discovered the solar system's "10th planet" this week announced finding two more objects far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
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Grammar Lost Translation Machine In Researchers Fix Will
The makers of a University of Southern California computer translation system consistently rated among the world's best are teaching their software something new: English grammar.
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Georgia Tech to Create Photonic Crystal Tools
Photonic crystals, with highly periodic structures that can be designed to control light, have the potential to revolutionize everything from computing to communications. But researchers need more effective and affordable ...
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Rapid One-Pot Syntheses Developed For Quantum Dots
Efficient and highly scalable new chemical synthesis methods developed at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics have the potential to revolutionize the production of quantum dots for ...
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The Einstein Emitter: single photon computer system
One single photon. One solitary quantum pulse of electromagnetic radiation, no more, no less, produced by one single electron, will be the product of a new device under construction by nanotechnologists at the USC Viterbi ...
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