 Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 93 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, ... | |
 Rensselaer student invents alternative to silicon chip May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 ... | |
 Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 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. | |
 Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps. | |
 World's smallest helicopter to fly in da Vinci birthplace May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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The world's smallest one-man helicopter will soon take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, who is credited with having first thought of a vertical-flight machine, its developer said. | |
 IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity. | |
 MIT students show power of open cell phone systems May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them ... | |
 Nissan to make lithium-ion batteries with NEC: report May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Nissan Motor Co and NEC Corp will join forces in the world's first mass production of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, a newspaper said Saturday. | |
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience. | |
 StatoilHydro stumbles in sprint for Arctic energy riches May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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When Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro fired up the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas plant here last year it was hailed as an industry pioneer. But turning Arctic gas into gold has proven anything ... | |
 Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth. | |
 Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement May 15, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems. | |
 Soldered lenses May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. ... | |
 Solar Lily Pads Gently Floating And Gathering Energy on the River Clyde May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The preeminent Glasgow, Scotland based architecture firm ZM Architecture has big ideas for attracting solar energy in a very aesthetic manner. The proposed Water Lily Solar panels for the Clyde River in Glasgow ... | |
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