ASUS Showcases New Generation Audio Card at Computex 2007
Jun 05, 2007 |
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ASUS announced the first product of its brand new product line: the ASUS Xonar D2 7.1-channel audio card. This breakthrough audio card is based on the AV200 audio chip, which not only provides unprecedented ...
Making strides in quantum dot infrared photodetectors
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Researchers at Northwestern University have made significant strides in the development of quantum dot infrared photodetectors -- technology that may provide new imaging techniques with applications in medical and biological ...
Cancer drug enhances long-term memory
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 05, 2007 |
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A drug used to treat cancer has been shown to enhance long-term memory and strengthen neural connections in the brain, according to a new study by UC Irvine scientists.
Scientists study background brain activity
Jun 05, 2007 |
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A U.S.-led team of neuroscientists has determined the 98 percent of brain activity considered background noise is, in fact, important.
Study identifies new regulator of fat metabolism
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Over the past several years, animal studies have shown that high-fat, low-carbohydrate “ketogenic” diets cause demonstrable changes in metabolism and subsequent weight loss. Now, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...
A Piece of the Past Hitches a Ride on Next Space Shuttle Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2007 |
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A small piece of early American history will become the latest space traveler with the liftoff of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Friday, June 8 at 7:38 p.m. EDT for the STS-117 mission to the ...
Finding protection from tumor growth in unexpected places
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Researchers have discovered that an enzyme commonly involved in regulating blood pressure also provides protection from tumor growth when strongly expressed in immune cells. The related report by Shen et al, “Mice with enhanced ...
New research might prevent asphalt damage
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Repairing asphalt damage caused by water infiltration costs a great deal of money and produces extra traffic delays. Yet within the asphalt industry there is little insight into the fundamental processes leading to water ...
HiRISE releases 1,200 images, launches viewer tool on Web site
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Anyone connected by Internet can now see planet Mars better than at any time in history, through the eye of HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet.
Intel Introduces '3-Series' Chipsets at Computex
Jun 05, 2007 |
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In his opening keynote at the Computex computer trade show, Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney unveiled the new Intel 3 Series Chipset family along with several other technology plans that surround the ...
Study: How we buy depends on how we think
Jun 05, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have found there's a difference in how consumers in individualistic and collective societies think when making purchases.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory teams with NASA Gamma-Ray Satellite
Jun 05, 2007 |
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is teaming with NASA's upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) to allow astronomers to use both the orbiting facility and ground-based radio telescopes ...
Hitchin' a ride: Stray penguins probably reached northern waters by fishing boat
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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Guy Demmert got quite a surprise when he hauled a fishing net into his boat off the coast of southeast Alaska in July 2002. There among the salmon, in living black and white, was a Humboldt penguin, thousands ...
CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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CSIRO scientists have joined the battle to save Australia’s iconic Tasmanian devils from the deadly cancer currently devastating devil populations.
Alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Dartmouth physicians and engineers have published a paper with results from a five-year project testing three new imaging techniques to examine breast abnormalities, including cancer. The study finds that the new methods ...
