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[edit] Events in science and technology

[edit] July 7, 2009 (Tuesday)

• Google announces they will release a new OS based on their browser Google Chrome. (CNet)

[edit] July 3, 2009 (Friday)

• Scientific papers are published on the Mars Phoenix Lander, one of which describes night time snowfall on Mars. (Ars)

[edit] July 2, 2009 (Thursday)

• Michael Jackson related internet scams increase rapidly. (CRN)

[edit] July 1, 2009 (Wednesday)

• A likely candidate for the first medium sized black hole is found called Hyper-Luminous X-ray Source 1. If confirmed it would lend support to the theory super massive black holes are made from small ones. (Wired)

[edit] June 30, 2009 (Tuesday)

• The interplanetary space probe Ulysses mission ends. (Reuters)

[edit] June 23, 2009 (Tuesday)

• The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter achieves orbit around the moon. (NASA)

[edit] June 20, 2009 (Saturday)

• Groundbreaking occurs for Spaceport America in New Mexico. (BBC)

[edit] June 12, 2009 (Friday)

• The transition from analog to digital television signals is completed in the United States. (AP)

[edit] June 11, 2009 (Thursday)

• Element 112 has been officially recognized by IUPAC and will be added to the periodic table once a name has been chosen. (Reuters)

[edit] June 9, 2009 (Tuesday)

• The Sims 3 sells 1.4 million copies in the first week, making it the best game launch in EA history. This adds to the over 100 million copies of The Sims franchise; which is the best-selling game ever. (AP)

[edit] June 8, 2009 (Monday)

• Apples announces the iPhone 3G S. (ABC)

[edit] May 30, 2009 (Saturday)

• The National Ignition Facility opens becoming the largest laser in the world. It will be used to validate aging nuclear warheads, better understand the middle of stars and planets; and possibly kick start fusion power. (SFGate)

[edit] May 28, 2009 (Thursday)

• HDMI 1.4 features are announced, including new networking and upstream audio abilities. (CNet)

[edit] May 22, 2009 (Friday)

• The International Institute for Species Exploration names its top 10 new species. (CNN)

[edit] May 19, 2009 (Monday)

• An almost complete 47 million year old fossil of a lemur-like animal called 'Ida' is hailed as a key ancestor to primates. (ABC)

[edit] May 18, 2009 (Monday)

• Wolfram Alpha, a new computational search engine, will use algorithms to scour the internet and ideally give direct pertinent information. (Reuters)

[edit] May 15, 2009 (Friday)

• Soya plants around Chernobyl provide clues to evolving plants for space exploration. (NewScientist)
• Fujitsu creates the fastest supercomputer CPU that computes at 128 billion times per second, beating the previous Intel leader by 2.5 times. (PhysOrg)

[edit] May 12, 2009 (Wednesday)

• Google launches new search tools to refine categories and chronology within search results. (PCMag)

[edit] May 11, 2009 (Tuesday)

• NASA launches STS-125 to service the Hubble Space Telescope. (WashingtonPost)

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Visit Science and technology to read and write news articles in more detail. July 10: Canada pursues new nuclear research reactor to produce medical isotopes July 8: Google announces new operating system July 6: Alzheimer's disease reversed in mice using caffeine July 6: NSA to participate in U.S. cybersecurity July 4: Three new dinosaurs discovered in Australia July 4: ESA launches largest commercial telecom satellite July 4: Virgin lizard reproduces June 26: University study finds U.S. defense contract information in 'electronic waste' in Africa June 25: Saturn moon may contain liquid water June 24: U.S., Mexico and U.K. top medalists at RoboGames 2009

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