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Maths proves new operating system’s system reliability

September 4, 2009

Scientists have created a “kernel” – the basis of a computer’s operating system – that is proven reliable with mathematics, a milestone which they claim will pave the way for a new generation of software with unprecedented levels of reliability. According to them, the Secure Embedded L4 microkernel has potential applications in defence and other [...]

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Scientists harness car horns for disaster warning

September 3, 2009

Researchers in Germany have devised a technology which activates the horns of parked cars in case of disaster. The technology is based on the eCall emergency system which new cars will be equipped with from September 2010. The eCall system was developed at the initiative of the EU Commission to help reduce the number of [...]

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Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky on Wednesday

August 31, 2009

Reports indicate that the Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible on August 11 and 12, would yield more than 80 meteors an hour streak across the sky during the best viewing time. Meteors are bits of dust or rock that collide with earth’s atmosphere and heat up gas particles to produce a glowing trail. [...]

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Miniature gravity detector to peer inside planets

August 31, 2009

Thanks to a nifty new silicon gadget, namely a miniature gravity detector, peering beneath the surface of Mars and other planets to reveal buried geological features could get easier. According to a report in New Scientist, the device, called a gravity gradiometer, has been designed to measure how much the force of gravity changes from [...]

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Universe’s first black holes kept to a strict diet

August 31, 2009

A new supercomputer simulation designed to track the fate of the universe’s first black holes has found that the mysterious cosmic objects couldn’t efficiently gorge themselves on nearby gas, and thus had to keep themselves on a strict diet, starving in the process. “The first stars were much more massive than most stars we see [...]

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DNA collection from dirty samples now possible

August 31, 2009

Extracting DNA from very small or heavily contaminated samples won’t be a difficult task any more, according to the latest research. Canadian researchers at the University of British Columbia here say they have developed a new technique to extract DNA and RNA (ribonucleic acid) from even small or heavily contaminated samples to help forensic investigators [...]

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Pirate Bay to challenge Dutch ban

August 31, 2009

The owners of Swedish filesharing website The Pirate Bay will seek a retrial after a Dutch court temporarily banned its activities in the Netherlands, their lawyer said on Monday. “We will file a summons by August 25″ before the district court in Amsterdam, lawyer Ernst Louwers, acting for The Pirate Bay founders Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid [...]

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