3D breakthrough with updatable holographic displays
Feb 06, 2008 |
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University of Arizona optical scientists have broken a technological barrier by making three-dimensional holographic displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.
Racing Ahead at the Speed of Light
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Imagine trying to catch up to something moving close to the speed of light - the fastest anything can move - and sending ahead information in time to make mid-path flight corrections. Impossible? Not quite. ...
Compact, wavelength-on-demand Quantum Cascade Laser chip created
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Engineers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have demonstrated a highly versatile, compact and portable Quantum Cascade Laser sensor for the fast detection of a large number of chemicals, ...
Scientists make breakthrough in single-molecule sensing
Feb 06, 2008 |
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In a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors, physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements ...
Scientists simulate dinosaur digestion in the lab
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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Scientists from the University of Bonn are researching which plants giant dinosaurs could have lived off more than 100 million years ago. They want to find out how the dinosaurs were able to become as large as they did. In ...
Intel, STMicroelectronics Deliver Industry's First Phase Change Memory Prototypes
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Intel Corporation and STMicroelectronics reached a key industry milestone today as they began shipping prototype samples of a future product using a new, innovative memory technology called Phase Change Memory (PCM). The ...
Shear Ingenuity: Tweaking the Conductivity of Nanotube Composites
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2008 |
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One of the immediate applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is as an additive to polymers to create electrically conducting plastics—a relatively low CNT concentration can dramatically change the polymer‘s ...
Nitrogen pollution boosts plant growth in tropics by 20 percent
Feb 06, 2008 |
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A study by UC Irvine ecologists finds that excess nitrogen in tropical forests boosts plant growth by an average of 20 percent, countering the belief that such forests would not respond to nitrogen pollution.
Scientists develop fluorescent proteins for live cell imaging, biosensor design
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center have developed new “fluorogen activating proteins” (FAPs) that will become a key component of novel molecular biosensor technology being created ...
Treating acne: 2 different acid peels are both effective, study finds
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Chemical peels using either alpha-hydroxy acid or beta-hydroxy acid are both highly effective in treating mild to moderately severe facial acne, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found – the ...
Very young found to process fear memories in unique way
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Very young brains process memories of fear differently than more mature ones, new research indicates. The findings appear in the Feb. 6 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The work significantly advances scientific unders ...
Transparent fish to make human biology clearer
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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Zebrafish are genetically similar to humans and are good models for human biology and disease. Now, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have created a zebrafish that is transparent throughout its life. ...
Saturn's Giant Sponge
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 06, 2008 |
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One of Saturn's rings does housecleaning, soaking up material gushing from the fountains on Saturn's tiny ice moon Enceladus, according to new observations from the Cassini spacecraft.
Researchers discover new battleground for viruses and immune cells
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Vaccines have led to many of the world’s greatest public health triumphs, but many deadly viruses, such as HIV, still elude the best efforts of scientists to develop effective vaccines against them. An improved understanding ...
SanDisk to Launch 43-Nanometer Multi-Level NAND Flash Memory in Mass Production
Feb 06, 2008 |
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SanDisk Corporation today announced the introduction of Multi-Level (MLC) NAND flash memory using 43 nanometer process technology co-developed with Toshiba Corporation in Japan.
