Teramac: a defect tolerant computer boosts resilience of faulty chips
Researchers from the University of California and Hewlett Packard Labs built Teramac, a defect tolerant computer the size of a refrigerator with 864 chips and 16 000 wires, functioning despite 220 000 identified hardware defects. The project, described in Science, suggests future chemically produced components will be smaller, faster, and cheaper, with fault bypass via extensive wiring and remapped control.
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University of California
Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Jim Heath
UCLA
Hewlett Packard
Science Magazine
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Strike Expands at GM Delphi Flint East Plant
Workers at the Delphi Flint East complex join a second GM plant strike, threatening to halt most North American production. The 5,800 Delphi workers join 3,400 striking at a Flint stamping plant, widening a walkout that has already forced layoffs for about 25,000 employees across eight GM assembly plants and 16 parts plants from Mexico to Canada.
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Doomsday Clock Advances Toward Midnight
The Doomsday Clock, maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moved five minutes closer to midnight to 11:51 due to India and Pakistan nuclear tests. Leonard Rieser, board chairman, cited tests and stalled arms reductions as the cause. India staged detonations on May 11, with Pakistan replying two weeks later.
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India
Pakistan
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
University of Chicago
Leonard Rieser
Raw shellfish illness kills one in US outbreak
Bacteria in raw oysters and other shellfish caused one death and 208 illnesses across the United States and Canada during July and August. Vibrio parahaemolyticus prompted warnings not to eat raw or undercooked shellfish as cases appeared in Washington California Oregon Utah Alaska Maryland Hawaii and British Columbia.
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Avalanche hits climbers on Mount Rainier Disappointment Cleaver
Mount Rainier avalanche sweeps up to 12 climbers with six injured and six unharmed. Five rescued quickly. one climber remains dangling by rope off a icy cliff while rescuers work. Injuries include broken hand and leg and hypothermia. medical teams treat at the scene, park officials say.
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Pakistan bans nuclear tests and seeks talks with India
Pakistan announced a moratorium on nuclear testing and offered to join new peace talks with India. Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan said Pakistan will unilaterally halt testing and proposed a no nuke pact as a first confidence building measure. The two rivals have faced tense ties since tit for tat tests last month, with Kashmir as the core dispute and calls for a referendum.
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Associated Press
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Kashmir
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NATO to flaunt power at Yugoslavia in Kosovo clash
NATO approved a plan to show air power against Milosevic in Kosovo by simulating air attacks in Albania and Macedonia. The move aims to press Belgrade to cease fire, withdraw forces, and negotiate with the opposition, though no guarantee of success was given.
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Volker Ruche
Father's apology amid case in Jasper Texas murder inquiry
Ronald King apologized for his son John William King amid the James Byrd Jr. murder case in Jasper Texas as prosecutors weigh the death penalty. The elder King expressed deep sorrow for the life taken and the harm to Byrd's family while investigators note two suspects’ monitored ties to hate groups.
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Fox News
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Personal finance scam pitch with toll free number
A garbled promotional message offers a get rich quick scheme claiming training to earn income. It includes a toll free number 888 571 6359 and promises of honesty and professionalism. The ad presses immediate action and 24 hour access to a recorded message.
Drunken fruit flies reveal why some handle liquor better
Boston AP reports that fruit flies with a gene mutation named cheapdate become inebriated quickly, hinting that low cyclic AMP levels influence alcohol tolerance. Researchers at UCSF used an inebr iometer to observe that cheapdate flies fall faster than normal, a trait linked to the amnesiac gene deletion which also impairs memory.
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Boston
Ulrike Heberlein
Gallo Center
California
University of California At San Francisco
Internet birth to be broadcast live in Florida
Elizabeth, 40, will deliver her baby boy next Tuesday at Arnold Palmer Hospital, watched by doctors, family, cameras, and an audience of hundreds of thousands via America's Health Network on the Web. The broadcast begins at 6 am with access through ahn com and the Real Broadcast Network software.
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