Solar cells make OLEDS luminous enough for mobile devices
May 03, 2007 |
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Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) offer an alternative to conventional electronic displays (such as LCDs) and have advantages generally including wide viewing angles, rapid response and thin shapes. However, ...
Self Assembling Chips
May 03, 2007 |
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In nature a phenomenon called "self assembly" is a delicate process that forms seashells, creates the enamel on teeth and transforms water into complex snowflakes. IBM Research has, for the first time ever, ...
Scientists offer new view of photosynthesis
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May 03, 2007 |
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During the remarkable cascade of events of photosynthesis, plants approach the pinnacle of stinginess by scavenging nearly every photon of available light energy to produce food. Yet after many years of careful ...
Platinum nanocrystals boost catalytic activity for fuel oxidation, hydrogen production
May 03, 2007 |
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A research team composed of electrochemists and materials scientists from two continents has produced a new form of the industrially-important metal platinum: 24-facet nanocrystals whose catalytic activity ...
Garments treated with metallic nanoparticles prevent colds and flu
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 03, 2007 |
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Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken "functional clothing" to a whole new level. They have designed a garment that can prevent colds and flu and never needs washing, and another that ...
AT&T, Nokia Launch New N75 Smartphone
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May 03, 2007 |
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The long-awaited N75 flip-phone is the first 3G Symbian phone for a US carrier.
Astronomer finds that Mercury has molten core
May 03, 2007 |
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Chefs have long used a simple trick to differentiate between a raw and hard-boiled egg. By spinning an egg and watching how it behaves when the spin is disrupted, it's easy to tell whether its interior is ...
Hands-On with the Windows Mobile 6 Dash
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May 03, 2007 |
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The free upgrade for T-Mobile Dash is a no-brainer for Dash users, and cements the Dash's place as T-Mobile's premier Windows Mobile phone.
COROT discovers its first exoplanet
May 03, 2007 |
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COROT has provided its first image of a giant planet orbiting another star and the first bit of ‘seismic’ information on a far away, Sun-like star- with unexpected accuracy.
NEC, JST and RIKEN demonstrate world's first controllably coupled qubits
May 03, 2007 |
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NEC Corp., Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) have together successfully demonstrated the world's first quantum bit (qubit) circuit that can ...
New For Your Wallet, Secure Credit Cards With Displays and a Button
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 03, 2007 |
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Two security firms have crafted a fully-functional credit card with a tiny monitor and button that will issue one-time passwords. But whether any banks will offer the expensive formfactor is another question.
Can Nemo Find His Way Home?
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May 03, 2007 |
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The fate of ocean fish larvae has remained a mystery to science until now, but a University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have used a novel technique to directly explore their journey from egg ...
Scientists discover rare 'gene-for-gene' interaction that helps bacteria kill their host
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May 03, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered that a cousin of the plague bacterium uses a single gene to out-fox insect immune defences and kill its host.
AMD Hosts Preemptive Lunch Before Intel Launch
May 03, 2007 |
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Advanced Micro Devices held a lunch meeting to talk up AMD's mobile-processing prowess before Intel's "Santa Rosa" chipset steals all the press.
Vigorous exercise keeps people thin with age
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The old adage "use it or lose it" is truer than ever. People who maintain a vigorously active lifestyle as they age gain less weight than people who exercise at more moderate levels, according to a first-of-its-kind study ...
