15/06/2006

Decrease in Metals Contamination Seen Over the Past 30 Years

The U.S. report card on metals contamination in sediment is showing marked improvement. A new study has analysed the past three decades of environmental legislation and regulation, changing demographics and land-use practices ...

Study: Arctic Ocean level is decreasing

Scientists say they've discovered the Arctic Ocean's sea level is falling by about 2 millimeters a year, despite a global trend of rising water levels.

Web sites get cool with Ajax or die

By this time next year, Web sites not developed using the Ajax technique "will simply not be cool enough to use," an Internet analyst said Tuesday.

Three new 'Trojan' asteroids found sharing Neptune's orbit

Three new objects locked into roughly the same orbit as Neptune--called "Trojan" asteroids--have been found by researchers from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) and the Gemini Observatory ...

Mobile data retrieval improved with new algorithm

Penn State researchers have developed a new algorithm which enables cell-phone users to fetch data from music to TV shows as quickly as feasible with minimal channel switches.

Broadband Report: Dixie Chicks' new home

Being vocal against the Iraqi War and President Bush and subsequently having country music stations throughout the heartland ban their music, the Dixie Chicks are having a little trouble -- not with sales of their latest ...

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