In Brief: Lucent wins Telefonica network deal
Lucent Technologies will help Spain's Telefonica improve the performance of its network traffic.
Telecom
Jun 21, 2006
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In Brief: WTO panel to examine Japan-Korea chip tiff
The World Trade Organization said this week it would seat a panel to look at the tariff dispute between South Korea and Japan involving DRAM memory chips.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 21, 2006
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2004-2005 Hurricanes Fueled Exceptional Red Tide
According to a recent study, the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons did a lot more than spread misery and financial woe above ground in Florida. When four hurricanes crossed the state, the exceptional rainfall may have also ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2006
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You scream, I scream... there's something in my ice cream!
Looks like ice cream. Smells like ice cream. But does it sound like ice cream? A new ultrasonic technology could tell ice cream manufacturers if foreign objects have fallen into their tasty product before a customer finds ...
Engineering
Jun 21, 2006
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NASA lightning research highlights safety awareness week
Lightning is four times hotter than the sun. That statement usually gets people's attention. It is also a good reason to be aware of the dangers of lightning, especially as the northern hemisphere is entering summertime.
Environment
Jun 21, 2006
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Device burns fuel with almost zero emissions
Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices - with next to no emission of nitrogen oxide ...
Engineering
Jun 21, 2006
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Semantics poses challenge for Web services
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) software design promises to populate the world's networks with many small, lightweight, reusable programs that can automatically combine to perform a vast range of services. This will allow ...
Software
Jun 21, 2006
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Deal dumps on toxic pollution from electronic circuitry
Reducing the toxic pollution of landfill sites from lead in the circuits of dumped electronic equipment is the aim of a research agreement between The University of Queensland and a major Japanese metals company.
Environment
Jun 21, 2006
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MIT warns of dumping seafood
In its latest outreach campaign, MIT Sea Grant has developed an educational pamphlet to encourage people not to release or dump live and fresh seafood and seafood waste into the wild.
Environment
Jun 21, 2006
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What can a magnet tell you about rain patterns?
If someone said you can understand rain patterns and the dynamics of the atmosphere by studying magnets and magnetism -- and therefore make better predictions of the effects of global warming -- would you think he's crazy? ...
General Physics
Jun 21, 2006
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