Quoted: The manufacturing of Porsche Boxster started in Uusikaupunki, Finland, on September 3, 1997, when Porsche AG could not alone respond to the market demand for the popular roadster. In 2005 a new model, a two-seater coupe Porsche Cayman, entered into production. Porsche Cayman is also manufactured in Uusikaupunki in the same production line with Porsche Boxster. Until now, Valmet Automotive has manufactured nearly 160,000 Boxsters and over 40,000 Caymans.
[tags: automotive]
Quoted: With a click and a hum, the sleek Porsche 914 pulled away from the curb while onlookers watched anxiously and the passenger gazed down at a laptop plugged into the dashboard. Why the drama? The 1976 Porsche was operating on 18 high-tech batteries.
[tags: batteries, technology, energy, automotive]
Quoted: Chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach can damage DNA, increasing the risk of cancer, MIT scientists have confirmed. Researchers found that chronic inflammation accelerated tumor formation in mice lacking the ability to repair DNA damage.
Quoted: In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.
Quoted: Technology-development studies at Cornell University and Jefferson Laboratory are showing how to use the brightest X-ray light ever generated for the scientific examination of everything from human proteins to forged art.
[tags: science, technology, nanotech]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced Monday that its new supercomputer "Roadrunner" had successfully performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second -- the fastest in the world.
Quoted: A new drug may help people with Parkinson's disease combat the tics, spasms and tremors they experience when their main medications wear off, a new study suggests.
[tags: news]
Quoted: Scientists in Queensland, Australia have made a major breakthrough in research into Parkinson's disease.
[tags: pd]
Quoted: WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich defied his party leadership on Monday by calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush for launching the Iraq war -- but his move was not expected to go anywhere.
Quoted: Hillary Rodham Clinton is confronting another challenge: whittling down what is believed to be the largest presidential campaign debt in history.
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