Nine leading senior, consumer, disability and minority organizations are calling on FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to allow states seven additional months – until Jan. 1, 2013 – to modernize the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) Lifeline program. The joint statement was signed by the Alliance for Generational Equity, California Alliance for Retired Americans, Community Action Partnership, […]
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Kohl asks DOJ, FCC to ‘carefully scrutinize’ Verizon AWS deal
The same senator that asked the FCC and Justice Department to block AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile USA is now asking the agencies to “carefully scrutinize” Verizon’s AWS spectrum purchase and marketing deals with four cable companies. Herb Kohl, chairman of the Senate antitrust committee, sent a letter to DOJ Attorney General Eric Holder and FCC […]
FCC action clears Sprint CDMA, LTE on 800 MHz
Sprint will be able to use its 800 MHz spectrum for CDMA and LTE after the FCC passed regulations yesterday permitting more flexible use of the band. The FCC had previously limited 800 MHz licensees to 25 KHz channels with a bandwidth of 20 KHz, regulations which effectively precluded Sprint from using its 800 MHz […]
Georgia Tech Opens New Radiotherapy Lab for Training and Research
Georgia Tech recently opened a new laboratory with state-of-the-art radiation therapy equipment dedicated solely to research and education, making it one of the only universities in the nation with this unique capability. The Radiation Science and Engineering Lab will provide hands-on training to students in Georgia Tech’s Medical Physics and Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Programs, as […]
U.S. weighs aircraft for post-disaster communications
(Reuters) – U.S. regulators are looking for ways to accelerate the use of drones and other aerial technologies to restore communications after disasters like 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, which knocked out phone service for more than 3 million people. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said this technology would have been remarkably useful after Hurricane Katrina, […]
Is Golf a Sport? ProCon.org Tees Up Controversy with New Sports Website
, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Golf in is a $76 billion industry with 25.7 million players. Thirty-eight percent of Americans call themselves golf fans. Golf is clearly popular, but whether or not it is a sport remains hotly debated. ProCon.org (online at www.procon.org), a nonpartisan research organization devoted to critical thinking on controversial issues, published its newest website to […]
Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules
CORVALLIS, Ore. — There’s nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the form of an advanced method for analyzing data from X-ray crystallography experiments. The findings, just […]
University of Florida physicists set new record for graphene solar cell efficiency
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Doping may be a no-no for athletes, but researchers in the University of Florida’s physics department say it was key in getting unprecedented power conversion efficiency from a new graphene solar cell created in their lab. Graphene solar cells are one of industry’s great hopes for cheaper, durable solar power cells in […]
Newly modified nanoparticle opens window on future gene-editing technologies
AMES, Iowa – The scientific and technological literature is abuzz with nanotechnology and its manufacturing and medical applications. But it is in an area with a less glitzy aura—plant sciences—where nanotechnology advancements are contributing dramatically to agriculture. Researchers at Iowa State University have now demonstrated the ability to deliver proteins and DNA into plant cells, […]
SeaChange sells media services company
Avail-TVN has purchased SeaChange International’s On Demand Group (ODG) for $27 million. Separately, SeaChange acknowledged that its Nucleus Soft Box Gateway software is an element of Comcast’s Reference Development Kit (RDK). The company will also be a systems integrator for projects based on the RDK. The Comcast RDK is an integrated software bundle that powers […]