Team lets there be leisurely light
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Increasing interest has focused recently on ways of drastically slowing light or, more precisely, the speed of laser data pulses - and a joint USC/Duke University team has just reported improvements in a way to do this in ...
Turning corn fiber into ethanol
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Tony Pometto held up a laboratory flask swimming with little balls of mold. This, said the Iowa State University professor of food science and human nutrition, is the kind of fungus that Iowa State researchers have used to ...
'Oldest' papyrus is finally decoded
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Greek scientists using modern technology say they have decoded the text of the world's oldest literary papyrus.
Universal ink for microcontact printing
Jun 01, 2006 |
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"Printing" on the micrometer scale is the technology of the future for the production of the electronic components used for such things as flat-screen monitors or (bio)sensors.
Hand movements challenge computer mouse
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 01, 2006 |
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The computer mouse could become a thing of the past and hand gestures a thing of the future if Los Angeles-based G-speak has its way, a report said.
Panic disorder: frightening but treatable
Jun 01, 2006 |
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A U.S. study suggests panic disorder is a fairly common condition that can cause frightening symptoms, but yet is relatively easy to treat.
Robotics: Taking soldiers out of harm's way
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Over the past three years, thousands of American soldiers in Iraq have been horribly injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The explosives, placed near or buried under roadways and often ...
Study: How carp survive with little oxygen
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Jun 01, 2006 |
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The common carp has given British scientists an unusual insight into how animals survive with little or no oxygen.
U.S. cities rated for 'sustainability'
Jun 01, 2006 |
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SustainLane has issued its 2006 ranking of U.S. cities across 12 major "sustainability" categories, with West Coast cities taking the top spots.
Study discovers why guppies are colorful
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Jun 01, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they have discovered why male guppies, the most fertile member of the fish tank, are so colorful.
Amazing Gel woes may be 'enormous'
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Health officials say more than 500,000 people may have been injected with Amazing Gel, a breast implant material China banned in April, a report said.
Airbags in an X-ray movie
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Critical events often occur with blinding speed and hidden from view. The ignition of an airbag, for instance, takes just 150 milliseconds. With X-ray cinematography, processes of this kind can now be viewed ...
Survey looks at religious 'sectarianism'
Jun 01, 2006 |
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A study finds U.S. "religious right" groups have negative attitudes toward similar religious groups on the right, making coalition forming more difficult.
IMEC demonstrates growth of GaN high-electron mobility transistors on 150 mm silicon
Jun 01, 2006 |
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IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research institute, has demonstrated the growth of low-sheet-resistivity AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) on 150mm silicon (Si) wafers. ...
The case of the neutron star with a wayward wake
Jun 01, 2006 |
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A long observation with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed important new details of a neutron star that is spewing out a wake of high-energy particles as it races through space. The deduced location ...
