Briefs: Yahoo! kicks off cyber-giving week Dec. 25
Yahoo! said Friday it is kicking off cyber-giving week on Christmas Day.
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Globe Talk: ECI looks to India's engineers
China has become de facto the factory to the world, while multinational corporations ignore India as a country to base their customer service operations at their peril. But while cutting costs may be the single biggest driving ...
Dec 23, 2005
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Briefs: EU approves German broadband proposal
The European Commission Friday approved a proposal by German regulators to open up broadband markets.
Dec 23, 2005
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Reindeer: have sweet tooth, easy to handle, will travel
Children who leave sweet treats out for Santa and his reindeer this Christmas are not too far off the culinary mark for a reindeer's dietary requirements. University of Queensland deer expert Dr Gordon Dryden said reindeer ...
Dec 23, 2005
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Snowflake Physicist's Photographs to Be Featured on 2006 Postage Stamps
Postage rates may keep going up, but when it comes to natural beauty and scientific wonder, one particular issue of stamps is going to be hard to lick. Beginning next October, the U.S. Postal Service will issue a set of four ...
Dec 23, 2005
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How to cook the perfect turkey (the scientific way)
For most people, the key to preparing the perfect Christmas meal is cooking the turkey. University of Bristol physicist, Dr Peter Barham explains how applying scientific principles in the kitchen at Christmas can help you ...
Dec 23, 2005
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SMART-1 uses new imaging technique in lunar orbit
ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has been surveying the Moon’s surface in visible and near-infrared light using a new technique, never before tried in lunar orbit.
Dec 23, 2005
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Dutch mathematician simplifies the search for oil
Mathematical research at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) is making it easier to look for oil. Yogi Ahmad Erlangga, who receives his doctorate on Thursday 22 December, has developed a method of calculation which ...
Dec 23, 2005
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New Year To Arrive One Second Late
Owing to the gradual slowing down of the Earth’s rotation, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based at the Paris Observatory, has announced that 2005 will contain an extra second.
Dec 23, 2005
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DNA self-assembly used to mass-produce patterned nanostructures
Duke University scientists have used the self-assembling properties of DNA to mass-produce nanometer-scale structures in the shape of a 4x4 grids, on which patterns of molecules can be specified. They said the achievement ...
Dec 23, 2005
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