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:: 19 August, 2008
For its 50th anniversary, the New Scientist has asked 70 of the "brightest
scientists in the world (mainly Anglo-Saxon) to forecast the future of science
and technology in 50 years.
Of course, the responses express both hopes and...
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:: 19 August, 2008
In the first Beijing Olympics scientists were held in various parts of the
world. Chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and biology, the four
"athletes" Swiss raflant 4 medals in the latter category.
"It was stress...
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:: 19 August, 2008
The Swiss researchers combine forces to solve the problems posed by dams
built on one of the largest rivers in Zambia.
The objective of interdisciplinary teams of federal polytechnic schools (EPF)
from Zurich and Lausanne is...
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:: 15 August, 2008
Scientists at the University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory have been awarded $270,000 for new and continued joint research projects through the University’s Strategic Collaborative Initiatives program for...
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:: 15 August, 2008
Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.
Lift-off of flight V185 took place at...
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:: 15 August, 2008
Mentors and interns from SLAC’s Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship and Science Teacher and Researcher programs celebrated a summer of research and learning with a barbeque lunch in the Sector 6 picnic area yesterday. Participants shared...
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:: 15 August, 2008
This might be a rare case about which Einstein was wrong. More than 60 years ago, the great physicist scoffed at the idea that anything could travel faster than light, even though quantum mechanics had suggested such a condition. Now four Swiss...
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:: 15 August, 2008
Nokia announced that Mr. Esko Aho, 54, will join Nokia on November 1, 2008. He will become a member of the Nokia Group Executive Board as of January 1, 2009, when he assumes the duties of Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and...
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:: 13 August, 2008
Rumours are swirling that a European satellite mission may have detected dark matter, the mysterious particles thought to make up as much of 85% of all matter in the Universe.
Nature has learned that the PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter...
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:: 13 August, 2008
Approximately 40 graduate students from around the country, and some from around the globe, will be at SLAC August 17–22 to attend a week of lectures, discussions and tours with synchrotron radiation scientists. SLAC is hosting the sixth...
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:: 13 August, 2008
Nokia extended recognition to the initial group of exceptional mobile application developers in its 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series program, designed to provide select small- and mid-sized developers with key business and market support and...
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:: 12 August, 2008
Miniaturised ceramic gas sensors, originally developed for measuring oxygen levels for spacecraft re-entry vehicles, enables improved human breath measurement apparatus, better control of heater combustion thereby reducing pollution, and higher...
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:: 12 August, 2008
Physicists at the CERN laboratory near Geneva are starting the week with a spring in their steps, having successfully injected the first protons into the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) over the weekend. The test saw protons travelling 3 km through...
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:: 12 August, 2008
Philippe Grenier, Peter Kim, Silke Nelson, Veronique Ziegler and Chris West are all breathing a sigh of relief after four months of exhausting analysis and peer review. This analysis group within the larger BABAR collaboration is celebrating last...
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:: 10 August, 2008
Earth observation satellite data have never been in more demand than today as missions have demonstrated their ability to enable better understanding and improved management of the Earth and its environment.
ESA is meeting this demand by...
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:: 10 August, 2008
European particle physics laboratory CERN says it will fire up the massive particle accelerator on 10 September, hoping that it could throw light on the origins of the universe.
The so-called Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the greatest...
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:: 08 August, 2008
Heading toward its first target-asteroid, (2867) Steins, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has started using its cameras to visually track the asteroid and eventually determine its orbit with more accuracy.
Rosetta started the optical navigation...
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:: 08 August, 2008
An international team of researchers at the High Energy Accelerator Research organization (KEK) in Tsukuba, Japan, the "Belle collaboration"*1, has announced the discovery of three new exotic sub-atomic particles, labeled as Z_1, Z_2 and Y_b. The...
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:: 08 August, 2008
The original cross-platform video game about video games, Reset Generation by Nokia Games Publishing, is now available on N-Gage. The objective is simple - rescue the princess. Players begin by choosing a hero from ten designs by celebrity...
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:: 08 August, 2008
TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) from Kolkata, India to establish a technology, research and trade...
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