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Researchers Reveal The Biology Of Shivering
Portland OR (SPX) Dec 18, 2007Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University's Neurological Sciences Institute have uncovered the system that tells the body when to perform one of its most basic defenses against the cold: shivering. The scientists have discovered the brain's wiring system, which takes temperature information from the skin and determines when a person should start shivering. Their findings are published ... more Lost Worlds Of West Papua Reveal More Surprises 
Arlington VA (SPX) Dec 18, 2007A tiny possum and a giant rat were recorded by scientists as probable new species on a recent expedition to Indonesia's remote and virtually unknown "Lost World" in the pristine wilderness of western New Guinea's Foja Mountains. Conservation International (CI) and Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) scientists were accompanied by the first film crew to obtain f ... more Snowstorm blankets eastern Canada, kills four 
Ottawa (AFP) Dec 17, 2007A violent storm dropped 30-60 centimeters (12-24 inches) of snow in eastern Canada, causing road accidents that left at least four people dead and disrupting air traffic, officials said Monday. Dozens of flights from Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and Halifax were canceled or delayed. Along the Atlantic seaboard, up to 20,000 homes were without electricity in New Brunswick, as 16 ... more Study Shows Urban Sprawl Continues To Gobble Up Land 
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2007Despite reports to the contrary, urban sprawl has continued to grow significantly for the past several decades, new research suggests. A study of changing land use patterns in the state of Maryland found substantial and significant increases in sprawl between 1973 and 2000. The results are in contrast to a well-publicized study last year that concluded that the extent of sprawl remained roughly ... more A Gizmo That Saves Lives 
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2007When Javier Rodriguez Molina visited the Atocha Train Station Memorial in Madrid last summer, the Barcelona native felt a great sadness for the victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings. But he also felt some hope that his advanced emergency technology work at University of California, San Diego can some day save lives in similar disasters. Police, firefighters and other emergency ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2007The size of China's economy is overestimated by some 40 percent, but it remains the world's second largest using a ranking based on purchasing power, the World Bank said Monday. In a report ranking the world's economies for 2005, the World Bank said its updated survey using "purchasing power parity" (PPP) shows a much smaller value for China than earlier estimates which the Bank called "less ... more Commentary: Dubai: Iran's Hong Kong 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Dec 17, 2007 The latest U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that said Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons quest four years ago was greeted in the Persian Gulf Emirates with a collective sigh of relief. Accurate or not didn't seem to matter. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a one-day visit to Abu Dhabi, made clear U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities would be a major strategic blunder. Therefore, ... more Cameroon, China strike water deal: report 
Yaounde (AFP) Dec 17, 2007Cameroon and China have clinched an agreement to increase water production and distribution in Cameroon's economic capital Douala, the government daily Cameroon Tribune reported Monday. Bankrolled by a 11-billion CFA loan from Pekin (16.l7 million euros, 24 million dollars), the project includes the construction of pipes, wells and a potable water treatment plant, the newspaper said. The ... more Is A New Solar Cycle Beginning 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 17, 2007The solar physics community is abuzz this week. No, there haven't been any great eruptions or solar storms. The source of the excitement is a modest knot of magnetism that popped over the sun's eastern limb on Dec. 11th, pictured below in a pair of images from the orbiting Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). It may not look like much, but "this patch of magnetism could be a sign of the ne ... more Navteq Powers Innovative Lowrance Hybrid Portable Device 
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 17, 2007NAVTEQ reports that Lowrance has selected NAVTEQ as the map provider for its new mobile navigation device. The XOG Crossover Navigation GPS will utilize comprehensive NAVTEQ maps for the United States and Canada. The latest evolution in mobile navigation products from Lowrance, the XOG combines the requisites of an in-dash system with the convenience of a portable device. Flexible routing ... more |
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Schaumburg IL (SPX) Dec 17, 2007OMRON RFID has availability of a Sybase RFID Anywhere hardware connector1 for its V750 RFID UHF Gen2 reader. RFID Anywhere is a software infrastructure that provides a robust, customizable environment for developing and managing radio frequency identification (RFID) and sensor network solutions of all sizes. The Omron V750 RFID reader runs on a real-time operating system (RTOS) that delive ... more Freightliner Improves Inventory Accuracy With New RFID Solution 
Mt Gilead NC (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Compsee and System Concepts have announced that Freightliner's Portland, Oregon Truck manufacturing plant deployed an RFID solution based on System Concepts' TraxWare Software Suite combined with Motorola/Symbol's RFID hardware utilizing the XR-400 series readers, along with a selection of metal mount RFID tags mounted on the mobile tugs and paper RFID 4" x 6" smart labels attached to inventory ... more Fleet Management Solutions Launches GPS And Two-Way Satellite Asset Tracking Services In Australia 
San Luis Obispo CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Fleet Management Solutions announced that it has deployed systems into Australia, making that the 50th country where the company's GPS and all-satellite asset tracking services are in operation today. FMS is one of the few solutions in the market that allows a fleet manager to view, track and manage assets in a single system whether they are in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the Libyan dessert or the Aust ... more Russian army chief accuses West over arms control 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2007The Russian army's chief of staff accused the West on Saturday of playing politics with European arms control and warned that the launch of US interceptor missiles could trigger a Russian missile strike. "Western states have deliberately turned an agreement on European arms control into an instrument to achieve political aims" against Russia, Yury Baluyevksy said at a press conference broadc ... more US missile could trigger Russian strike: Russian army chief 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2007The planned deployment of US interceptor missiles in Poland could trigger a missile strike by Russia if those missiles are ever used, the Russian army's chief of staff warned on Saturday. "We are talking about the possibility of a retaliatory strike being triggered by the mistaken classification of an interceptor missile," Yury Baluyevsky said at a press conference broadcast on state televis ... more
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