New calculations show that the deadly Crandall Canyon mine collapse — which registered as a…
Month: June 2008
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Engineers Whip Up First Long-lived Nanoscale Bubbles
With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…
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Vaccine May Double Survival In Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors
A vaccine aimed at inducing immunity to the most common and deadly type of brain…
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Micro-robots Dance On Something Smaller Than A Pin’s Head
Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized…
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User Participation Drives Retooled Wikia Search Engine
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has launched a new version of Wikia Search, a search engine…
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Google Launches Site Search for SMB Enterprises
On Tuesday, Google launched Google Site Search, a rebranded version of Google Custom Search Business…
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Time Warner Launches Bandwidth-Capped Internet Plan
On Thursday, Time Warner Cable will begin testing a new pricing plan that caps bandwidth…
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Asus, Acer Offer Mini-Laptops Built on Intel’s Atom
Intel’s Atom processor took center stage at Computex this month in Taiwan, where several mini-laptop…
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Documents Hint at Yahoo Malfeasance to Block Microsoft
In a revelation that could have wide-ranging implications for Yahoo, documents unsealed in a shareholder…
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Port-A-Cool Explosion Proof Units Offer Cooling Alternative
Offshore drilling rigs are exposed to some of the most severe environments imaginable. High levels…