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Terrestrial Origin Mooted for More Microbes
The majority of bacteria may have evolved on land from an early common ancestor, according to an analysis by two US scientists. The relationships between different families of bacteria has long been contentious. Traditionally, phylogenetic trees that show how bacteria are related to each other have ...
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How Childhood Leukemia Fights Back
What makes a cancer come back? No one really knows, but for a long time researchers have thought that certain DNA changes in cancer cells may protect them from chemotherapy and allow them to stage a resurgence. Examining one of the most studied cancers, a childhood leukemia, a team in Tennessee has ...
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Lexar Releases Inexpensive DDR3 Memory Kits
Lexar has announced the availability of its new Crucial DDR3 triple-channel memory kits for the Intel Core i7 platform. Lexar Media launched its new Crucial DDR3 triple-channel memory kits on Tuesday, available in 3 GB, 6 GB and 12 GB sizes. Although a little late to the scene, with prices starting ...
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Audi's Supercomputer
Audi has announced the implementation of a new in their development department. Thanks to unique processing abilities, Audi's researches can now analyze car crash models faster and better, thus improving their vehicles' safety. According to the firm, the use of computerized simulations is crucial f ...
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North Atlantic Cold-Water Sink Returns!
Scientists have found evidence that convective mixing in the North Atlantic, a mechanism that fuels ocean circulation and affects Earth's climate, has returned after a decade of near stagnation - thanks, perhaps, to a dramatic loss of sea-ice in the Arctic during the summer of 2007. Convective mixin ...
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Ultrasound-Activated Microbubbles Fight Cancer
Philips is currently developing a new technology, which will administer drugs into specific locations using Ultrasound-Activated Microbubbles. This new technology will increase the effectiveness and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy for several types of cancer.
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Clearwire-Sprint WiMAX Merger Completed
Say goodbye to Sprint's XOHM service, and hello to Clearwire. Clearwire and Sprint Nextel said Friday that they have completed the combination of their wireless services, originally announced in May. The deal closed according to the terms laid out in May, which includes a $3.2 billion cash infusion ...
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USB 3.0 Unleashed - First Products - 2010
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group released the USB 3.0 specifications at the first SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose, California, held on on Monday, November 17th. The completion of the specification, the technical map for USB 3.0 - also known as SuperSpeed USB, will enable manufacturers to ...
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Special Operations Gets Hummingbird UAV
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is in the process of deploying its first Boeing A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The new UAV, developed by Boeing in conjunction with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) looks like a traditional helicopter but it ...
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands
Space shuttle orbiter Endeavour has landed at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, following a hugely successful STS-126 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). She'll now undergo initial deservicing activities at the Dryden Flight Research Facility, before a ferry trip back to the Ke ...
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Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo Deal
According to one report, Yahoo and Microsoft may once again be working on a search deal. The Times of London reported this weekend that Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo's search business for $20 billion. According to the paper, former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller and fomer Fox Interactive President ...
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Hormones and Breast Cancer Don't Mix
Breast cancer, the leading cause of death among women in France, is the most commonly occurring cancer in women. Sporadic breast cancer, which is non-hereditary, turns out to be the most widespread, representing 85 to 90% of all cases, but remains the least well-known. Researchers at CNRS and CEA (1 ...
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Watch for a Vista Update in April 2009
Microsoft will deliver Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to manufacturing in April 2009, two months after it issues a final test version to users, according to a Web site that accurately predicted several Windows ship dates in 2008. TechARP.com, a Malaysian Web site that nailed the release-to-manuf ...
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A Day in the Life of an Ant
One of the most important developments in human civilisation was the practice of sustainable agriculture. But we were not the first - ants have been doing it for over 50 million years. Just as farming helped humans become a dominant species, it has also helped leaf-cutter ants become dominant herbiv ...
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Europe Backs Mobile Roaming Cap
European telecoms chiefs have backed plans to make it cheaper to access data while on a mobile phone abroad. The measures will slash the cost of sending a text while abroad and reform the way phone operators charge for data calls made when customers roam. The changes to charges are due to come in to ...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Set To Land Sunday
The space shuttle Endeavour crew is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:19 p.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 30. This will conclude a 16-day flight, 11 of which were spent docked to the station. The STS-126 mission ...
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Mineral Gas Pump Has No Moving Parts
Scientists have discovered that a type of hard mineral called zeolite can provide a high rate of gas flow in a micro-scale gas pump. Because the pump is based simply on temperature differences and has no moving parts, it could provide reliable and precise control of gas flow for a variety of applica ...
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Fedora 10 Debuts
Despite a security breach earlier this year, Red Hat is out today with its tenth release of the Fedora Linux distribution, promising new open source security, virtualization and appliance-building technologies. The release of Fedora 10, codenamed Cambridge, had been delayed following the security br ...
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India and Pakistan Hack It Out Online
India and Pakistan have taken to hacking away at each other, with cyber hooligans from both countries using their tech skills to deface their rival nation's websites. Taking control of an Indian government school website, a group of Indian hackers retaliated against a previous Pakistani hack on the ...
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Foldable Phone Opens into Large OLED Screen
Samsung has showcased a new mobile phone prototype with a foldable OLED display at FPD 2008 expo in Japan. The prototype, which is not expected to be released in the mainstream mobile phone market anytime soon, has been on display at Samsung's booth to operate and its foldable OLED display was shown ...
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