Scientists believe that oxygen first showed up in the atmosphere about 2.7 billion years ago. They think it was put there by a one-celled organism called "cyanobacteria," which had recently become the first living thing on ...
Oct 25, 2005
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An international team of astronomers says the process of building planets is more universal and robust than had previously been assumed. Brown dwarfs, like more massive normal stars, are formed when interstellar gas and dust ...
Oct 25, 2005
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One of the first offshore wind energy operations in the nation is to be built in an area seven miles off Galveston Island in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oct 25, 2005
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Global mobile-phone shipments reached a record 209 million during the third quarter of 2005 as industry prices continue to soften.
Oct 25, 2005
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Nokia is reportedly moving into rural China to cash in on what the company sees as a promising market for low-cost mobile phones.
Oct 25, 2005
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A survey indicates that large numbers of European broadband customers are switching providers and could prompt changes in the way the services are marketed.
Oct 25, 2005
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Skype said Tuesday it will offer a package to allow businesses to use its services more cheaply.
Oct 25, 2005
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A 3-year-old British girl suffering from a rare genetic disorder will reportedly undergo a groundbreaking operation in an effort to save her life.
Oct 25, 2005
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Want to see a diamond? Forget the jewellery store - try a physics laboratory. In the November issue of Nature Physics, Ryan Epstein and colleagues demonstrate the power of their microscope for imaging individual nitrogen ...
Oct 25, 2005
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Like Lewis Carroll’s Alice, who steps through the looking glass into a strange world, Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University professor of physics, began his search for extra dimensional worlds with the Twilight ...
Oct 25, 2005
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