Archive: 05/04/2006
Big names pony up for power-line broadband
Current Communications announced Thursday it had received $130 million in investments to accelerate Broadband over Power Line technology.
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Warming blamed for bird breeding errors
Netherlands researchers say climate change is leading birds to breed during periods of food shortages, causing population declines.
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Electrons choose another path in photosynthesis protein
In the famous Robert Frost poem, "The Road Not Taken," the persona, forced to travel one of two roads, takes the one less traveled by, and "that has made all the difference." Chemists at Washington University ...
May 04, 2006 |
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Metal-embedding method helps tiny sensors function in extreme environments
University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineers have developed a method for fabricating "packages" of tiny sensors that measure temperature more accurately than bulk thermocouples. Inserted unobtrusively in critical ...
May 04, 2006 |
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Michael Dell urges global IT expansion
Dell founder Michael Dell Thursday called for a worldwide emphasis on expanding information technology as a means of advancing human progress.
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Money motivates memory, study finds
Money talks, but it might also help people remember: A team of Stanford scientists has shown for the first time that motivation—in the form of a reward—gets the brain ready to learn.
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Hi-tech shirt to monitor vital signs
Integrated smart textile company Sensatex launched this week a patented SmartShirt System that could remotely monitor human vital signs.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 04, 2006 |
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Titan's Seas Are Sand
Until a couple of years ago, scientists thought the dark equatorial regions of Titan might be liquid oceans. New radar evidence shows they are seas -- but seas of sand dunes like those in the Arabian or Namibian ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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Follow the nitrogen to extraterrestrial life
The narrow search for water may miss important clues, say USC geobiologists The great search for extraterrestrial life has focused on water at the expense of a crucial element, say geobiologists at the University of Southern Cal ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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Fire Ants: Their True Story Told By The Scientist Who Loves Them
When it comes to fire ants, most people prefer to wipe the venomous little varmints off the face of the Earth - or at least out of their own back yards. The reviled South American native that invaded the U.S. ...
Biology /
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Monkeys draw novel conclusions, researchers say
Monkeys keep turning out to be smarter than people think they are. Researchers have shown that they can count to four and are aware of differences between languages like Dutch and Japanese, even though they ...
Biology /
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SSRL Aids Development of Plastic Electronics
For close to a decade, researchers have been trying to improve the performance of plastic semiconductors to the level of amorphous silicon—the semiconductor used in low-cost electronics such as photovoltaic ...
May 04, 2006 |
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Blood-Compatible Nanoscale Materials Possible Using Heparin
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials have potential for use as medical devices ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 04, 2006 |
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Scientists demonstrate a breakthrough in fabricating molecular electronics
Scientists from Philips Research and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) have for the first time fabricated arrays of molecular diodes on standard substrates with high yields. The molecular diodes are as thin as ...
May 04, 2006 |
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Neurobiology of dread gives scientists clues about human decision making
In order to better understand how people make decisions when the outcomes are known to be unpleasant, a team of Emory neuroscientists led by Gregory Berns, MD, PhD, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine ...
May 04, 2006 |
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