'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers
May 02, 2008 |
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More than 50 years ago, a graduate student in Japan conceived the “Parametron,” an electrical circuit that could form the basis for digital computers. The concept ultimately fell flat, but recently a pair ...
Strap-On Helicopter Could Offer Solo Flying Experience
May 02, 2008 |
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Ever since the first human saw a bird soaring through the clouds, our species has harbored a great envy for the freedom that flying gives.
Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs?
May 02, 2008 |
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The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling into the inner solar system – coinciding with mass life extinctions on earth, a new study claims.
The Light of Silence
May 02, 2008 |
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Scientists have found a way of protecting quantum systems against noise using adaptively ‘shaped’ pulses of laser light. Quantum systems are notoriously fragile as interactions with their surroundings disturb them – rather ...
Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 02, 2008 |
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Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding, you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 02, 2008 |
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar ...
Bees disease -- 1 step closer to finding a cure
Biology /
May 02, 2008 |
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Scientists in Germany have discovered a new mechanism of infection for the most fatal bee disease. American Foulbrood (AFB) is the only infectious disease which can kill entire colonies of bees. Every year, this notifiable ...
Bringing down the language barrier... automatically
May 02, 2008 |
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Progress being made by European researchers on automatic speech-to-speech translation technology could help the EU tackle one of the biggest remaining boundaries to internal trade, mobility and the free exchange of information ...
Nano-designed transistors with disordered materials, but high performance
May 02, 2008 |
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The Holy Grail for transistor designers has been the requirement to be able to get high performance at reduced costs over very large substrate areas. Transistors on cheap and flexible substrates like glass and plastics are ...
Study shows how 'horse tranquiliser' stops depression
May 02, 2008 |
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Researchers have shown exactly how the anaesthetic ketamine helps depression with images that show the orbitofrontal cortex – the part of the brain that is overactive in depression – being ‘switched off’.
Environmental fate of nanoparticles depends on properties of water carrying them
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 02, 2008 |
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The fate of carbon-based nanoparticles spilled into groundwater – and the ability of municipal filtration systems to remove the nanoparticles from drinking water – depend on subtle differences in the solution ...
Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step
May 02, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a one-step technique for producing a class of magnetic nanoparticles that could be used in everything from biomedical applications to data storage. ...
Solar games at Paranal
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 02, 2008 |
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Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as ...
Diatoms discovered to remove phosphorus from oceans
Biology /
May 02, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans – its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into ...
A new idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers
Biology /
May 02, 2008 |
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When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene ...
