http://en.redtram.com/ tfot.info Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:49:02 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 243434 | First Flight for the Google Lunar X PRIZE http://en.redtram.com/go/123555677/top100/ 123555677 The Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association is the first team to submit a due date for sending a robot to the moon in the Google Lunar X competition. The flight will be launched within three months and if the team Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123555677/top100/ 243430 | Lifestyle Can Alter Gene Activity http://en.redtram.com/go/123555673/top100/ 123555673 A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells produce energy. The findings suggest that lifestyle, more than heredity, contributes to insulin resistance in people Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123555673/top100/ 243434 | 'Shake Up' for Internet Proposed http://en.redtram.com/go/123555653/top100/ 123555653 The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed. The net's regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on so-called top level domain names, such as Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123555653/top100/ 243434 | New Findings On Immune System In Amphibians http://en.redtram.com/go/123555646/top100/ 123555646 Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes produce proteins that are crucial in fighting pathogen assault. Researchers from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) characterized genetic variation and detected more than one MHC class Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123555646/top100/ 243434 | LHC Won't Punch a Hole in the Earth http://en.redtram.com/go/123555649/top100/ 123555649 Its official: We're not going to be blown up, smothered in stranglets, sucked into a black hole or turned into ooze by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). To put any concerns to rest, CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123555649/top100/ 243434 | Mystery Behind Brain Imaging Unlocked http://en.redtram.com/go/123555652/top100/ 123555652 In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes--previously considered bit players by most neuroscientists--make noninvasive brain scans possible. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123555652/top100/ 243431 | Milner Motors' ElectriCar http://en.redtram.com/go/123338131/top100/ 123338131 Milner Motors, an American company founded by James Milner, has developed the ElectriCar, a 4-door, 4-seat, 4-wheel, plug-in hybrid electric car. This lightweight, strong car is designed to be as aerodynamic as possible and can operate for two hours on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:05:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123338131/top100/ 243432 | Olympic Start Gun Is Unfair http://en.redtram.com/go/123338121/top100/ 123338121 When Olympic sprinters dash down the track in Beijing this August, the fastest athlete may not take home the gold medal. Current start-gun technology gives athletes on the inside lanes an unfair advantage right off the blocks. Although officials are Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:05:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123338121/top100/ 243434 | Microscopic Clutch Puts Flagellum In Neutral http://en.redtram.com/go/123338101/top100/ 123338101 A tiny but powerful engine that propels the bacterium Bacillus subtilis through liquids is disengaged from the corkscrew-like flagellum by a protein clutch, Indiana University Bloomington and Harvard University scientists have learned. Scientists have long known what drives the flagellum Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:05:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123338101/top100/ 243434 | Chimp Youngsters Spread Deadly Epidemic http://en.redtram.com/go/123338099/top100/ 123338099 Child's play among wild chimpanzees may spread deadly outbreaks to the rest of the family. A 22-year study of respiratory disease epidemics among chimps has found that death and disease spikes when numerous chimps neared 2 and a half years Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:05:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123338099/top100/ 243430 | Measles Doesn't Work in the Way We Thought http://en.redtram.com/go/123090020/top100/ 123090020 The infectious romp that the measles virus takes through the body doesn't need to involve the airways, as was previously thought. Instead, the virus prefers to replicate in immune cells. This finding potentially paves the way for new and better Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:21:27 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123090020/top100/ 243434 | CNN: Google Launches New Space Race http://en.redtram.com/go/123089990/top100/ 123089990 When Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, he uttered unforgettable words. But the next visitor to roam the lunar landscape may send back e-mail instead. Welcome to a new kind of space race, where Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:21:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123089990/top100/ 243432 | Conservation Gets Fresh Language http://en.redtram.com/go/123089983/top100/ 123089983 An international group of conservation workers is seeking to standardize the language of their discipline. The team believes that common terms for conservation's problems and tools are necessary if the field is to become truly scientific. The new system is Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:21:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123089983/top100/ 243431 | Harnessing Solar Energy Like Plants Do http://en.redtram.com/go/123089899/top100/ 123089899 Ask any scientist to name Earth's most abundant source of energy, and the answer comes quickly: sunlight. In one hour, the sun strikes Earth with enough energy to power the entire planet for a year. "There's nothing that compares to Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:21:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/123089899/top100/ 243434 | NASA Launches Ocean Level Satellite http://en.redtram.com/go/122923204/top100/ 122923204 A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue charting sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission will return a vast amount of new Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/122923204/top100/ 243434 | Ice on Mars Confirmed? http://en.redtram.com/go/122923197/top100/ 122923197 Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it. "It must be Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/122923197/top100/ 243434 | Mozilla: Firefox 3.0 Bug Not Critical http://en.redtram.com/go/122923144/top100/ 122923144 Mozilla has downplayed a threat posed by the first vulnerability reported for Firefox 3.0, telling users that the risk is "minimal." "There is no public exploit, the details are private, and so the risk to users is minimal," Window Snyder, Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/122923144/top100/ 243429 | AMD to Compete with Intel's ATOM http://en.redtram.com/go/122923146/top100/ 122923146 AMD has recently notified its partners it is developing a processor to enter the low-cost PC market alongside Intel's Atom and Via Technologies' Nano CPUs. The new CPUs will be officially launched by the end of this year, while related Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/122923146/top100/ 243434 | Modern Computer Turns 60 http://en.redtram.com/go/122923147/top100/ 122923147 Sixty years ago the "modern computer" was born in a lab in Manchester. The Small Scale Experimental Machine, or "Baby", was the first to contain memory which could store a program. The room-sized computer's ability to carry out different tasks Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/122923147/top100/ 243434 | Another Boeing 787 Milestone http://en.redtram.com/go/122923093/top100/ 122923093 Boeing Boeing has hit a critical milestone on the way to getting its 787 Dreamliner up in the air. The company today said that it has powered on the first 787, preparing the plane for a complex series of tasks Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:43:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/122923093/top100/