Explaining Why the Millennium Bridge Wobbled
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Steve Strogatz has a penchant for things that happen in unison. So when the Cornell University professor of theoretical and applied mechanics (and author of the 2003 book "Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous ...
Nano World: 150 nanodrugs on horizon
Nov 02, 2005 |
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While only two kinds of nanoparticle therapies against cancer are now clinically available in the United States, roughly 150 more lie in various stages of development, experts told UPI's Nano World.
The Web: Online psychotherapy effective
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Therapy for mildly depressed patients delivered over the Internet can be as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy, but experts told UPI's The Web that a relationship of trust must exist between patient and doctor for the ...
Stellar Switch-a-roo
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Sometimes even scientists can be fooled. In a cosmic bait and switch, astronomers with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have spotted an enormous star that pulled a fast one while collapsing and left them to ...
IMEC reports breakthrough power efficiency and performance of coarse-grain processor
Nov 02, 2005 |
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IMEC’s novel coarse-grain processor, ADRES, meets requirements of design-time and runtime reconfigurability for supporting a broad range of embedded applications. ADRES beats the performance of state-of-the-art DSP processors, ...
Study: Disaster unless fossil fuel use cut
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Livermore National Laboratory scientists warn if fossil fuel use is not significantly reduced in the next few centuries, the polar ice caps will melt.
Broadband faces watershed year in 2006
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Broadband wireless technology should flourish in 2006, a research group said Wednesday.
Sprint, cable providers unveil $200M deal
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Sprint Nextel and four cable companies said Wednesday they will launch a new venture to accelerate the convergence of video, wired and wireless data and communications products and services.
Satellite radio unfazed by losses
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Radio might seem anachronistic when there is so much competing technology that provides news and entertainment instantaneously. But if the latest earnings results from two of the biggest U.S. satellite radio providers offers ...
Investigators release preliminary findings of levee failures at Senate hearing
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Many of the New Orleans levee and floodwall failures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina occurred at weak-link junctions where different levee or wall sections joined together, according to a preliminary report released today ...
