Archive: 10/01/2008
Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs
As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a system that lets ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Sensing the Energy: Calibrating the LCLS
The Linac Coherent Light Source will generate X-rays 10 billion times brighter than any source before it. Being the first of its kind, the LCLS has presented engineers with a number of unique technical hurdles. ...
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Sharp Launches Mass Production of 2nd-Generation Thin-Film Solar Cells
Sharp Corporation has completed installation of a new 2nd-generation thin-film solar cell production line at its Katsuragi Plant (Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture) using large-size glass substrates measuring ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Use it or lose it? Researchers investigate the dispensability of our DNA
Our genome contains many genes encoding proteins that are similar to those of other organisms, suggesting evolutionary relationships; however, protein-coding genes account for only a small fraction the genome, and there are ...
Oct 01, 2008 |
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HIV drug maraviroc effective for drug-resistant patients
As many as one quarter of HIV patients have drug resistance, limiting their treatment options and raising their risk for AIDS and death. Now, maraviroc, the first of a new class of HIV drugs called CCR5 receptor antagonists, ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Water table depth tied to droughts in Great Plains
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will there be another “dust bowl” in the Great Plains similar to the one that swept the region in the 1930s? It depends on water storage underground. Groundwater depth has a significant effect ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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IBM Delivers Breakthrough Storage Capability on Blade Computing Solution Designed for the Office
IBM announced today a storage breakthrough in blade computing that will allow small and medium-sized customers and branch offices to consolidate multiple storage devices onto a single blade computing system. Building on the ...
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Study shows hotels' Internet connections unsafe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.
Oct 01, 2008 |
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The search for 'green' gold in the Amazon rain forest
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, Cornell ...
Oct 01, 2008 |
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The hybrid offensive
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fraunhofer research engineers are busy converting a standard production gasoline-engine car into a hybrid. By doing so, they aim to demonstrate what hybrid technology can do, and prove that it can even be ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Writing patterns, logos and lettering in light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Logos and lettering can be written in light using freeform lenses. But how does the surface of the lens have to be structured in order to focus the light in the shape of a specific pattern? ...
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Gun shows do not increase homicides or suicides
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds no evidence that gun shows lead to substantial increases in either gun-related homicides or suicides.
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Researchers and students to develop small CubeSat satellites
A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Scientists Find Cells Coordinate Gene Activity with FM Bursts
(PhysOrg.com) -- How a cell achieves the coordinated control of a number of genes at the same time, a process that's necessary for it to regulate its own behavior and development, has long puzzled scientists.
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A DNA-based vaccine shows promise against avian flu
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has fallen from the headlines, a global pandemic caused by bird flu still has the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. Yet, to date, the only vaccines that have ...
Oct 01, 2008 |
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