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Article | 20/05/2011 NASA: Space station becomes dark matter hunter
With a new $2 billion device successfully installed Thursday, the International Space Station has become a dark matter hunter.
Article | 20/05/2011 Amazon: E-books now outsell print books
It had to happen: Amazon.com announced Thursday it is selling more Kindle e-books than print books, either hardcover or paperback.
Article | 17/05/2011 Robotic exoskeleton helps paralyzed student walk
Thanks to university researchers and a metal robotic exoskeleton, a paralyzed student at UC Berkeley was able to walk across the stage to receive his ...
Article | 14/05/2011 Samsung now producing DDR 2.0 NAND flash, touts 3X performance gain
Samsung Electronics announced that it is now producing high-performance DDR 2.0 multi-level-cell (MLC) memory chips based on its smallest 20-nanometer...
Article | 10/05/2011 EMC to sell PCIe SSD cards for server acceleration
LAS VEGAS -- As part of its strategy to touch just about every part of the private and public cloud infrastructure, EMC said today it will begin selli...
Article | 6/05/2011 Intel's 3D transistor fuels tablet fight with ARM
Intel's new 3D transistor technology should position the chip maker to grab hold of a piece of the burgeoning tablet market that it's been missing out...
Article | 3/05/2011 NASA says Endeavour won't launch before May 8
After calling off last Friday's planned final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA now says the earliest it might lift off is May 8.
Article | 29/04/2011 Programmer-turned-astronaut to lift off on NASA's Endeavour
Mission Specialist Gregory Chamitoff settles in aboard the space shuttle Endeavour during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test on Launch Pad 39A ...
Article | 13/04/2011 IBM's Watson not as smart as you think
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- As smart as IBM's Watson supercomputer may have seemed while defeating two former Jeopardy champions , it wouldn't be able to hold...
Article | 13/04/2011 Marking milestones in space flight, space shuttle program
This is a big day for NASA and space buffs around the world, who are clebrating two major anniversaries.
Article | 31/03/2011 NASA's Messenger grabs historic image of Mercury
This photo taken by the Messenger spacecraft from Mercury's orbit shows an area near the planet's south pole. (Image: NASA) NASA spacecraft Messenger ...
Article | 29/03/2011 NASA scraps plan for 3D camera on Mars Rover
NASA has given up on the hope to build a 3D camera for the next robotic rover that the space agency will send to Mars.
Article | 18/03/2011 Remote-controlled nanoparticles target cancer
Researchers at a Canadian university are using nanotechnology and a tiny remote-controlled magnetic sphere to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly t...
Article | 15/03/2011 Four red-hot display technologies to watch in 2011
The apps on your smartphone might be brilliant, but what about the display? Emerging technologies could soon deliver the richer, Wizard of Oz Technico...
Article | 12/03/2011 Tsunami warnings now faster, more accurate
As the deadly tsunami generated by Friday's massive earthquake off the coast of Japan headed toward the United States, scientists at the National Ocea...

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