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Exploring a deep gusher

Discovering Mars, a tantalisingly vast oilfield beneath the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, is petroleum giant Shell's big achievement, and the affordable way to tap its oil riches is a technological marvel in offshore drilling

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Archaeology goes hi tech

Scholars need not touch ancient finds to study and store them, as computers take over the arduous task

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On your palms

Better customer service, more convenience for the salesperson and on the spot deals are now possible with the help of palmtop computers

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Private access Two Purdue University students discovered a major flaw in the highly-regarded Kerberos software, developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and

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Taking a short cut

A new method of drug development which expedites the lengthy process of scanning thousands of possible combinations, could lower drug prices substantially

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UGANDA

Water hyacinths, Eichhomia crassipes, are posing a mafor problem for the country. Nearly 80 per cent of the Ugandan shoreline is clogged with these plants, which are killipg animals

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Understanding transition

The discovery of plasma crystals (that are colloidal particles introduced into a charge neutral plasma) has led to several insights into the dynamics of melting and freezing. Hubertus Thomas and

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MOROCCO

Continued trade in the Spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca has sharply reduced the number of these creatures (by 86 per cent) in the country. Morocco has been the major supplier of

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Bizarre emitter

X-ray astronomers have reported a bizarre X-ray emitter in the direction of our galactic centre. C Kouveliotou and colleagues have seen this object in the intensity records of the large area

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ZAMBIA

The country's remote north-western province could serve as a model for Africa's poverty-ridden, famine-stricken areas. The province has been transformed from a food-deficit to a food-surplus

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