17/12/2007

NEC to Deliver First Mobile WiMAX Solutions to Worldwide Market

NEC Corporation announced the release of its first mobile WiMAX solution, PasoWings. The new generation equipment brings the assurance of ITU and IEEE accreditation and marks a cornerstone in certification of the mobile WiMAX ...

Light speed communications for supercomputers

The performance of tomorrow’s supercomputers will be dictated by their ability to exchange large volumes of data instantly between the hundreds of thousands of processors of which they are built.

Follow that prawn

A new study from the University of Leicester reveals that prawns can be used by fish species to find the best places to eat.

Protons - Everything Revolves Around Spin

Current understanding of the spin structure of protons has been summarised in a single book for the first time. The book examines attempts to solve one of the greatest puzzles of physics. Models and experiments to date have ...

Bicyclists Get Hindsight with Cerevellum Device

A start-up company called Cerevellum is developing a cutting-edge bicycle computer that has a first-ever feature: hindsight. The device, also named Cerevellum, provides a digital view of the road to the cyclist's back, eliminating ...

Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

The solar physics community is abuzz this week. No, there haven't been any great eruptions or solar storms. The source of the excitement is a modest knot of magnetism that popped over the sun's eastern limb on Dec. 11th, ...

Custom Blankets for the Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4, scheduled for August 2008, aims to complete multiple upgrades and repairs, many of which are crucial for prolonging the telescope’s operational life. One of the mission’s ...

Solving checkers a great idea

Jonathan Schaeffer 'solved' checkers this year and his achievement has been named one of 2007's top ideas by the New York Times.

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