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LCDs get brighter with nano polarization recycler
Sep 06, 2006 |
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LCDs (liquid crystal displays) provide a popular method for lighting screens on everything from computers and TVs to watches, clocks, cell phones and more. However, as scientists Sang Hoon Kim, Joo-Do Park ...
Scientists use quantum mechanics to control a biological process
Sep 06, 2006 |
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How much do we really know of how microwaves, light waves and broadcast waves affect our bodies? University of Toronto scientists suggest there is much more to learn: a U of T team earned the cover of Science magazine last w ...
Harvard University engineers demonstrate laser nanoantenna
Sep 06, 2006 |
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Engineers and applied scientists from Harvard University have demonstrated a new photonic device with a wide range of potential commercial applications, including dramatically higher capacity for optical data storage. Termed ...
Greenhouse Gas Bubbling from Melting Permafrost Feeds Climate Warming at Much Higher Than Expected Rates
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 06, 2006 |
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A study co-authored by a Florida State University scientist and published in the Sept. 7 issue of the journal Nature has found that as the permafrost melts in North Siberia due to climate change, carbon sequestered and bu ...
Researchers Announce Invention of the c Microscope
Sep 06, 2006 |
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The old optical microscopes that everyone used in high-school biology class may be a step closer to the glass heap. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have announced their invention of an optofluidic microscope ...
MIT team describes unique desert cloud forest
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 06, 2006 |
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Trees that live in an odd desert forest in Oman have found an unusual way to water themselves by extracting moisture from low-lying clouds, MIT scientists report.
Older stem cells don’t just wear out, they actively shut themselves down
Sep 06, 2006 |
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The natural consequences of growing old include slower wound-healing and a brain that makes fewer new neurons because old tissues have less regenerative capacity. What has not been clear is why. A trio of papers published ...
New trigger found for volcanic eruptions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 06, 2006 |
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New insights into what might trigger the eruption of Mount St Helens and other potentially explosive volcanoes are reported today in Nature by scientists working at the University of Bristol, UK.
I there but caught a glimpse... of a 410 million-year-old eye or two
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 06, 2006 |
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A University of Queensland researcher has uncovered the oldest known fossilised eye capsules from jawed fishes.
Web site helps students in math
Sep 06, 2006 |
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A University of Missouri-Columbia Web site that helps students prepare for math tests and competitions is reportedly gaining popularity.
Cracking the real Da Vinci Code -- what happens in the artist's brain?
Sep 06, 2006 |
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The brain of the artist is one of the most exciting workplaces, and now an art historian at the University of East Anglia has joined forces with a leading neuroscientist to unravel its complexities.
Studies Find General Mechanism of Cellular Aging
Sep 06, 2006 |
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Three separate studies confirm a gene that suppresses tumor cell growth also plays a key role in aging.
Young brainy students create world first
Sep 06, 2006 |
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A new 3D brain model is at the centre of a project created by a group of postgraduate students based at the Howard Florey Institute.
MIT energy experts explore life 'beyond carbon'
Sep 06, 2006 |
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If all nations burned gasoline for transportation at the same rate as the United States, world gasoline consumption would rise nearly ten-fold, with a corresponding hike in the concentration of greenhouse gases.
Samsung Brings Brighter Images to Mobile Devices in Broad Daylight
Sep 06, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics announced today the development of an intelligent mobile display driver IC (DDI), which enables the displays on handheld devices to deliver clearer images in broad daylight.
