05/10/2004

New Stanford center probes nanoscale material

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $7.5 million over five years to establish the Center for Probing the Nanoscale (CPN) at Stanford. Kathryn Moler, associate professor of applied physics and of physics, and ...

65V-inches World's Largest LCD Color TV

A Quantum Leap in LCD TV Screen Size Sharp Corporation has successfully developed a 65V-inch AQUOS LCD color TV, the industry’s first and world's largest. The TV's full-spec, high-definition, 6.22-million-dot panel is ...

The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2004 "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction" jointly to David J. Gross Kavli Institute for ...

NASA's Congratulations to SpaceShipOne's X Prize Win

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today congratulated the SpaceShipOne team on the third successful flight of a private human spacecraft. The team also wins the $10 million X Prize competition. The X Prize Foundation created ...

NASA Infrared Images May Provide Volcano Clues

NASA scientists took infrared (IR) digital images of Mount Saint Helens' last week. The images revealed signs of heat below the surface one day before the volcano erupted last Friday in southern Washington. The images may ...

Earthquake Forecast Program Has Amazing Success Rate

A NASA-funded earthquake forecast program has an amazing track record. Published in 2002, the Rundle-Tiampo Forecast has accurately forecast the locations of 15 of California's 16 largest earthquakes this decade, including ...

Tyan to Exhibit Exciting Server and Workstation Solutions

Tyan,a world leader in server and workstation technology, plans to showcase leading-edge platform and system solutions at GITEX, the largest global IT event for the Middle East region. The GITEX DUBAI event for 2004 is set ...

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