String theory — the concept that all particles can be represented as strings or string-loops of incredibly minute length, oscillating at various frequencies — was initially developed to help explain why quarks, the tiny ...
Being able to hear the smallest of noises is a matter of life or death for many insects, but for the scientists studying their hearing systems understanding how insect ears can be so sensitive could lead to new microphones ...
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For Vasudevarao Umesh, a small-time art-shop owner in Bangalore from where he sells paintings and other art objects, earning money as a medical transcriptionist from his shop's computer was just a way of cashing in on India's ...
Mar 31, 2006
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MySpace.com removed 200,000 "objectionable" profiles from its network to address fears of Internet security, the Financial Times reported.
Mar 31, 2006
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Spam e-mails containing BBC news stories are being used to attract cyber victims, the news organization reports.
Mar 31, 2006
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The muezzin is calling. But the cleric is not in a minaret, above the town square, reminding all that it is time to face Mecca and pray. He's a digital muezzin, calling on the mobile phone of the worldwide faithful, with ...
Mar 31, 2006
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As if plain old quantum entanglement weren’t strange enough for modern physics, now physicists are entangling already entangled particles. In entanglement swapping, one particle of an entangled pair becomes entangled with ...
Bell Canada launched a new wireless broadband service Friday with plans to take it nationwide.
Mar 31, 2006
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Infineon Technologies will complete the spinoff of its memory-products unit ahead of schedule later this spring.
Mar 31, 2006
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In what is being described as a new "commitment to openness -- NASA's administrator in Washington issued a new communications policy.
Mar 31, 2006
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