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NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at NIST developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new "top-level domains." The NIST algorithm checks whether the newly proposed name is confusingly similar to existing ones by looking for visual likenesses in its appearance.
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At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at NIST developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new "top-level domains." The NIST algorithm checks whether the newly proposed name is confusingly similar to existing ones by looking for visual likenesses in its appearance.
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Bitter orange SRMs: Tools for product analysis/quality
NIST has developed Standard Reference Materials for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and now increasingly used in herbal weight-loss products. Researchers can use the new materials to develop and test analytical methods for compounds in bitter orange or as control materials for quality assurance.
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NIST has developed Standard Reference Materials for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and now increasingly used in herbal weight-loss products. Researchers can use the new materials to develop and test analytical methods for compounds in bitter orange or as control materials for quality assurance.
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Disorder enables extreme sensitivity in piezoelectric materials
A research team working at NIST has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors. The ability to control and tailor this sensitivity would allow industry to enhance a range of devices used in medical ultrasound imaging, loudspeakers, sonar and computer hard drives.
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A research team working at NIST has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors. The ability to control and tailor this sensitivity would allow industry to enhance a range of devices used in medical ultrasound imaging, loudspeakers, sonar and computer hard drives.
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Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound
A materials scientist at NIST has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen. The new analysis may point to a practical hydrogen storage material for automobile fuel cells and similar applications.
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A materials scientist at NIST has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen. The new analysis may point to a practical hydrogen storage material for automobile fuel cells and similar applications.
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Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased
The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan.
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The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan.
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Cleveland med school to offer free tution
CLEVELAND, May 15 (UPI) -- The Cleveland Clinic said it will provide free tuition scholarships to all its students in the Lerner College of Medicine starting this summer.
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CLEVELAND, May 15 (UPI) -- The Cleveland Clinic said it will provide free tuition scholarships to all its students in the Lerner College of Medicine starting this summer.
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Ex-Army Corps consultant indicted in bribery caseAP - A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor were indicted Thursday on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina.
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La. officials to take over Katrina collections
AP - The state will take over an effort to collect grant money from Hurricane Katrina victims who got too much, citing a lack of confidence in a private contractor's ability to determine who owes money, a Louisiana official said Thursday.
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AP - The state will take over an effort to collect grant money from Hurricane Katrina victims who got too much, citing a lack of confidence in a private contractor's ability to determine who owes money, a Louisiana official said Thursday.
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El Nino may have helped Magellan cross the Pacific
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The El Nino phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades may have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The El Nino phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades may have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago....
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Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment
WASHINGTON (AP) -- While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn....
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