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At Least 25 Die In German Train Crash LATHEN, Germany, Sept. 22, 2006 (AP) A high-tech train traveling at 125 mph crashed in northwestern Germany on Friday, killing at least 25 people in the first fatal wreck involving the magnetic levitation system. The train, which runs primarily as a demonstration by its manufacturer, was carrying at least 29 people when it struck a maintenance vehicle carrying two workers on the elevated track. Mangled wreckage hung from the 13-foot-high track, with seats and other debris strewn below. Police spokesman Martin Ratermann said the death toll rose to 25 after more searching...

Imre’s team have made a universal logic gate called a majority inverter. From this they can make any other type of logic gate needed for a circuit, including two critical logic gates known as NAND and NOR gates. All possible logic circuits can be made with these. And because the gates are based on magnets they can be switched from one to another easily, allowing processors built from nanomagnets to be reprogrammed to do different jobs while they are in use, says the team. Simulations show processing speeds of at least 100 megahertz should be possible using magnets 110 nanometres...

REDMOND - A freak accident involving a popular toy has killed a 2-year-old boy. And now, Kenny Sweet's parents hope that other parents can learn from their tragedy. It was Thanksgiving Day when Kenny was rushed to Kirkland's Evergreen Medical Center emergency room with what his mom thought was the stomach flu. But five minutes later, Kenny had died. "I heard 'code blue' and I was hysterical at that point," Penny Sweet said. "I thought maybe if we all could pray at the same time that we could pull him out, but no amount of prayers or people could save...

OK, I was out and about today and I saw a typical yellow ribbon magnet on the rear of an SUV. However, when I looked closer, it had wording in it which said "Bring the Troops Home". Next to it was a blue ribbon magnet which said "Peace". I was wondering if people could please post here pictures of all of the ribbon-type magnets they've seen on cars, because I'm losing my mind keeping track of them. Also, what was the first "yellow-ribbon" type magnet, and when did it appear? Lastly, when you post your ribbon magnet picture, if you...

The pictures and stories are the stuff of slapstick: wheelchairs, gurneys and even floor polishers jammed deep inside M.R.I. scanners whose powerful magnets grabbed them from the hands of careless hospital workers. The police officer whose pistol flew out of his holster and shot a wall as it hit the magnet. The sprinkler repairman whose acetylene tank was yanked inside, breaking its valve and starting a fire that razed the building. But the bigger picture is anything but funny, medical safety experts say. As the number of magnetic resonance imaging scanners in the country has soared from a handful in...

When Ilene Ross burst through the doors at the swanky Bossa Nova for cocktail hour, heads whipped around and conversations paused, but no one seemed to notice the striking brunette. Instead, a flock of women rushed around Ross' date and started rubbing his belly. Buck responded with a lick and sniff to the crotch. It's not common bar etiquette, but Buck, a pit bull mix from the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania, worked his charm. It was "Yappy Hour," a weekly meet-and-greet between young cosmopolitans and animals up for adoption. Ross, the vice president of the shelter's board of...

SHAWNEE, Kan. - Sandra Wetmore, lover of country and supporter of troops, wanted a simple way to show her allegiances. So, like many other Americans, she put them on her bumper, sticking on a yellow, ribbon-shaped magnet that pleads "Support Our Troops" and others promising "United We Stand" and "God Answers Prayers." These magnetic ribbons have become fixtures on highways across the country, a symbol of people looking for ways to show support of the men and women overseas, or of issues such as breast cancer research and autism awareness. "It's very positive," said Wetmore, 59, of Kansas City, Kan....

Magnetic ribbons of all colors, sizes and varieties are being attached to the tails of SUVs and compact cars alike, like so many dot-commers swarming to the deceiving stock market rise of the late '90s. In particular, the yellow and red, white and blue ribbons sporting the phrases "Support Our Troops" and "Freedom Isn't Free" have become as common as taillights.

It's become a phenomenon on four wheels: magnets for cars, with ribbons that say "Support Our Troops." In a particularly heated election year, the magnets are one thing drivers -- and voters -- seem to be able to agree on. "Geez, they're everywhere," says Bob Fortini, proprietor of Fortini's Service Station in Somerville. "It seems like every car you get behind has one lately. I saw three of them on one car this morning. It's exploded in the last month." There are several variations on the magnet. Some of the ribbons are yellow. Some are red, white, and blue. Some...

An important U.S. high-tech manufacturer is shutting down its American operations, laying off hundreds of workers and moving sophisticated equipment now being used to make critical parts for smart bombs to the People's Republic of China (PRC), Insight has learned. Indianapolis-based Magnequench Inc. has not yet publically announced the closing of its Valparaiso, Ind., factory, but Insight has confirmed that the company will shut down this year and relocate at least some of its high-tech machine tools to Tianjin, China. Word of the shutdown comes as the company is producing critical parts for the U.S. Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)...

Saddam's Nuclear Quest: 1980 - 1991 Jonathan Rhodes September 22,2002Saddam Hussein built an extensive procurement network to develop nuclear weapons in the 1980's. Having confirmed Iraq's intention of producing plutonium based nuclear weapons material at the French built Osiraq reactor, Israel preemptively destroyed the reactor on June 7, 1981, before the first nuclear fuel was loaded and the reactor went "hot." Saddam then changed course away from plutonium and towards enriched uranium.Project 182 originated in 1984/85 after France decided against rebuilding the Osirak reactor. The Project 182 reactor was intended to be a natural uranium - heavy water type....