Hydrogen-fueled cars stuck at the gate
Analysts say hydrogen fuel cells have major hurdles to overcome before U.S. consumers will accept the technology in their cars.
Energy & Green Tech
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Britain to allow boar hunting
Wild boar hunting is back in Britain after a 400-year absence, the government said Wednesday.
Feb 21, 2008
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Burmese pythons making themselves at home
U.S. biologists said Burmese pythons could start moving north from Florida into other states if the climate continues to change.
Feb 21, 2008
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Study: Global cooling a 1970s myth
A U.S. climatologist said there was no consensus in the 1970s that the Earth was headed for a new ice age.
Environment
Feb 21, 2008
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Off the hook: Stronger soft-plastic fishing lure reels in raves
Working with University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering and business school faculty and students, a Wisconsin entrepreneur has perfected a fiber-reinforced fishing lure that may prevent millions of pounds of toxic plastics ...
Engineering
Feb 21, 2008
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Researcher investigates new developments in laser and sensor technology
Scientists hope that research being conducted in Binghamton University’s Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy will create lasers that work at wavelengths currently inaccessible.
General Physics
Feb 21, 2008
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1 million trillion 'flops' per second targeted by new Institute for Advanced Architectures
Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories.
Hardware
Feb 21, 2008
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NVIDIA Reveals First Next-Generation GeForce 9 Series GPU
NVIDIA Corporation has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) of its next-generation GeForce 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company’s history. Introduced today, ...
Hardware
Feb 21, 2008
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SDSC Image of the Internet Universe on Display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art
A visualization depicting a frozen moment of activity in the Internet universe using computer tools at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, will be part of a special exhibit set to ...
Internet
Feb 21, 2008
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'Two-Faced' Particles Act Like Tiny Submarines
For the first time, researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated that microscopic "two-faced" spheres whose halves are physically or chemically different – so-called Janus particles – will move like ...
General Physics
Feb 21, 2008
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