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- University of Alabama Employs Blue Gene Supercomputer to Study Tumor Formations (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Jul 30, 2007 - The University of Alabama at Birmingham has acquired an IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer for biological research, tripling its computing power. The new supercomputer will allow the university to enhance its capabilities in computational biology and molecular simulations. - U.S. corruption probe for BAE (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Jun 26, 2007 - The U.S. justice department has launched a corruption probe into Britain's BAE Systems, a potential headache for Gordon Brown just hours before he succeeds Tony Blair as Prime Minister. - Cree Buying Hong Kong-Based LED Manufacturer COTCO (Logistics Management)
Mar 12, 2007 - Cree Inc. said Monday it acquired Hong Kong-based COTCO Luminant Device Ltd. for $200 million. The acquisition will give Cree access to the fast-growing solid-state lighting market in China and provide a low-cost manufacturing platform. - Scientists Read Rocks' History With Unprecedented Precision (Newswise)
Mar 12, 2007 - Assigning dates to the events in the life of a rock--such as a collision, or a journey through the Earth's crust--has long challenged geologists. But now, armed with a custom-built machine known as the Ultrachron, scientists are refining a technique that allows them to pin dates to geologic processes with unprecedented precision.