astronomy
Big Blue to help decode the Big Bang?
News IBM and European astronomy organisation Astron are collaborating on designing a microprocessor that will help antennas collect weak radio signals from deep space, in an attempt to learn what happened at the time of the... [06 Dec 2006]
Grid seeks bird flu cure
News The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Pparc) said on Thursday that it put up a grid computing project, which was originally designed for particle physicists to perform data searches, for an international... [05 May 2006]
Record industry picking the wrong fight... again, again
News On Monday, the RIAA withdrew a DMCA notice to Penn State University's astronomy and astrophysics department. The music industry's antipiracy efforts took an embarrassing turn on Tuesday when the Recording Industry... [14 May 2003]
Mobile ban highlights radio pollution danger
News Cranage Hall conference centre is now obliged to stay in regular contact with Nuffield Radio Astronomy Labs - which runs Jodrell Bank - to try to minimise the problem. A spokesman for the University of Manchester's... [27 Jul 1998]