Honduras says trees slowed hurricane
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya credited the country's forests and mangrove swamps with sapping some of Hurricane Felix's strength.
Environment
Sep 7, 2007
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Scientists probe 'deep' questions aboard EcoOcean's environmental research ship
Did the great flood of Noah’s generation really occur thousands of years ago? Was the Roman city of Caesarea destroyed by an ancient tsunami? Will pollution levels in our deep seas remain forever a mystery?
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2007
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Groovy Project Solving Cloudy Problem
Experiments in the PEP-II accelerator have shown that beam pipes with grooves can snare unwelcome electrons, greatly reducing the formation of electron clouds that can disturb the beam.
General Physics
Sep 7, 2007
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Great Lakes cleanup may reap big benefits
A Brookings Institution study suggested that restoring the health of the U.S. Great Lakes could create $50 billion in economic benefit for the area.
Environment
Sep 7, 2007
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Astronomers eager to add to Sky in Google Earth
Since Sky in Google Earth debuted two weeks ago to let the public explore the heavens from their computers, two University of California, Berkeley, astronomers have jumped in to populate Google's sky with the most recently ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2007
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Alcatel-Lucent, Samsung demonstrate live interactive broadcast mobile TV in S-Band based on DVB-SH at IBC
On the occasion of IBC, Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Electronics today announced that they are demonstrating live broadcast mobile TV in S-Band using a Samsung handset.
Telecom
Sep 7, 2007
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Philips displays innovative rotary wheel remote controls
Philips today unveiled their revolutionary new rotary wheel remote control technology for consumer electronic device manufacturers. Designed to enable quick and intuitive navigation of user interfaces & scrolling through ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 7, 2007
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Toll charges reduce travel time
A smart introduction of a variable toll charge, with different rates at different departure times, reduces traffic jams. Even small toll charges can exert a large effect on the total travel time, concludes Dutch researcher ...
Other
Sep 7, 2007
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First Solar Dynamic Observatory Instrument Arrives at Goddard
The University of Colorado at Boulder delivered the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), first of three Solar Dynamic Observatory instruments, to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. EVE will measure ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2007
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Scientists probe secret of bone's strength
New research at MIT has revealed for the first time the role of bone's atomistic structure in a toughening mechanism that incorporates two theories previously proposed by researchers eager to understand the secret behind ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 7, 2007
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