 Sahara made slow transition from green to desert: study May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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The Sahara became the world's biggest hot desert some 2,700 years ago after a very slow fade from green, according to a new study which clashes with the theory that desertification came abruptly. | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable ... | |
Is quantum Internet search on the way? May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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In classical computing, random access memory (RAM) is needed to make things “work.” But it is subject to a certain level of energy loss. But what if you could create low-energy quantum access memory (QRAM) that would not ... | |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheap May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. | |
 Flying saucers, tiny helicopters compete in British war game May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next ... | |
 Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new device May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Computers based on the powerful properties of quantum mechanics have the potential to revolutionize information technology and security, but for decades they have remained more theoretical than practical, ... | |
 Huge Texas sinkhole's appetite decreasing, officials say May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether ... | |
 XMM-Newton discovers part of missing matter in the universe May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has been used by a team of international astronomers to uncover part of the missing matter in the universe. | |
Researchers demonstrate for the first time how light squeezes through small holes May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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How does light pass through a tiny hole" For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups, have succeeded in ... | |
 Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors. | |
 Record-setting Laser May Aid Searches for Earthlike Planets May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ultrafast laser that offers a record combination of high speed, short ... | |
 WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. | |
 Researchers Observe Hydrogen-Bond Exchange May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Hydrogen bonds are quite small, on the level of a few angstroms. They can also be passed between two different molecules very quickly, at speeds of tens of times per second. But in spite of these properties, ... | |
 Research firm cuts into Sony claims for super-thin TV May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A Sony TV with novel display technology that has drawn rave reviews for image quality may actually last little more than half as long as the company claims, according to a test by a private research ... | |
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