20/07/2006

Skype to offer WiFi-capable cell phones

Skype has teamed up with its hardware providers on a menu of cell phones that can accommodate Skype's Internet calling system via WiFi.

Youth are best judges of cellular content

Downloading cellular content like ringtones, games and wallpaper is getting easier, and for that you have a Swedish 15-year-old to thank.

German astronaut to make second space trip

The European Space Agency says Hans Schlegel of Germany will fly on the October 2007 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

NASA assigns STS-122 crew

NASA announced crew assignments Thursday for the STS-122 space shuttle mission, which is scheduled for October 2007.

Road to AC voltage standard leads to important junction

After 10 years of research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled the world's first precision instrument for directly measuring alternating current (AC) voltages. The instrument is being tested ...

Add nanotubes and stir-with the right force

Polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have some stirring results to share with researchers and companies developing new, advanced composite materials with carbon nanotubes--mix carefully.

Novel nano-etched cavity makes leds 7 times brighter

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) more than seven times brighter by etching nanoscale grooves in a surrounding cavity to guide scattered ...

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