Unsuspecting prey be warned! Hiding in the darkest corner of the constellation Circinus is a gigantic black widow spider waiting for its next meal. For decades, this galactic creepy crawler has remained largely invisible, ...
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Antibiotic resistant bacteria, which are proliferating in hospitals and causing major headaches for physicians, cheat death by finding ways to fortify their cell walls against the deadly drugs. The question is: how? New research ...
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It has been almost 230 years since French general and mathematician Jean Meusnier's study of soap films - the same kind used by children today to blow bubbles -- led to one of the fundamental mathematical examples in geometric ...
Nov 1, 2005
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Scientists using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer satellite made the first direct detection of a companion star of Eta Carinae. Eta Carinae is one of the most massive and unusual stars in the Milky Way galaxy. ...
Nov 1, 2005
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Prostate, breast and other cancer patients may be offered a new, stauncher targeted drug delivery system to treat their diseases in the next decade. Using atomic force microscopy and computer simulations, researchers from ...
Nov 1, 2005
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Originally planned for early 2006, Intel Corporation’s first dual-core, hyper-threaded processors for servers with four or more processors started shipping today. The processors deliver record levels of performance and ...
Nov 1, 2005
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The Federal Communications Commission's decision Monday to allow some of the biggest telecommunications groups in the United States to band together may have surprised few, but some industry analysts are already questioning ...
Nov 1, 2005
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Cingular Wireless said Tuesday it is offering the latest BlackBerry phone from Nov. 21.
Nov 1, 2005
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University of Texas-Austin neuroscientists say they have observed large-scale changes across neuron dendrites during learning and memory processing.
Nov 1, 2005
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Sprint Nextel said Tuesday it has nearly completed restoration of its networks in south Florida.
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