Math man Atle Selberg dead at 90
Atle Selberg, a prolific mathematical researcher with multiple terms that bear his name, has died in Princeton, N.J., at the age of 90.
Mathematics
Aug 22, 2007
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Engineers construct 220 million pixel computer display
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have constructed the highest-resolution computer display in the world – with a screen resolution up to 220 million pixels.
Engineering
Aug 22, 2007
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U.S. Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets
U.S. technology product imports exceeded exports for the first time in 2002 starting a trend that left a $38.3 billion trade deficit in 2006 after reaching a high of $44.4 billion in 2005.
Business
Aug 22, 2007
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Nanotweezers Unlock Anticancer Drug Secrets
The annoying bulges of an overwound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators led ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 22, 2007
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Nanotubes Enable New Approach to Cancer Radiotherapy
Radioactive elements, or radionuclides, are well-established anticancer agents whose main limitation is that they kill healthy cells almost as easily as they do tumors. But because nanoparticles can be targeted to tumors, ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 22, 2007
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D-Cinema -- coming soon to this movie theater
Digital films of outstanding picture quality are set to attract movie fans back to the cinema. At the International Broadcast Convention IBC in Amsterdam on September 7-11, Fraunhofer research scientists are presenting important ...
Other
Aug 22, 2007
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Critical problems for fresh water supplies in Pacific
Despite high average annual rainfalls and balmy temperatures, an expert from The Australian National University warns that small island nations in the Pacific face freshwater supply and sanitation problems among the most ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2007
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Uni leads study on echidna sex life
A University of Adelaide-led project will study the genetic makeup of one of Australia's most iconic animals, the echidna, to give an unprecedented insight into their sex life and behaviour.
Aug 22, 2007
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Where did English summer go?
What is a proper English summer? Should we really expect unfettered sunshine and months spent in the garden with our barbecues? Is it time to admit our climate is variable and the weather is hard to predict?
Environment
Aug 22, 2007
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SMART-1 diagnoses wrinkles and excess weight on the Moon
Owing to SMART-1’s high resolution and favourable illumination conditions during the satellite’s scientific operations, data from Europe’s lunar orbiter is helping put together a story linking geological and volcanic ...
Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2007
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