28/06/2005

AMD sues Intel over monopoly abuses

AMD announced today that it filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation yesterday in U.S. federal district court for the district of Delaware under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Sections 4 and 16 of the ...

Hibernating Spacecraft Awakens for Comet Impact Mission

The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) has been asleep on orbit for the past 11 months. SWAS operators placed it into hibernation after a highly successful 5.5-year mission highlighted by the discovery of a swarm ...

Study to find out why you're a slime ball

A University of Manchester scientist has been awarded £150,000 to study slime! But this is no ordinary slime, says biologist Chris Thompson, who believes it could unravel mysteries of evolution that even Darwin couldn't ...

ITER nuclear fusion reactor to be built in Southern France

The Six Parties of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) consortium have reached a decision in their negotiations, specifying the location of the world’s first energy-producing fusion reactor in Cadarache, ...

Mental Processing Is Continuous, Not Like a Computer

The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived its usefulness, concludes a new Cornell University study. Instead, the ...

Revealing Pan's Influence

Saturn's moon Pan is seen here orbiting within the Encke Gap in Saturn's A ring in two differently processed versions of the same Cassini image. The little moon is responsible for clearing and maintaining this gap, named ...

NASA, Xerox Demonstrate 'Virtual Crew Assistant'

Intelligent conversation with robots ­ long the bread and butter of science fiction authors ­ soon may take another step closer to reality for astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

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