Archive: 01/07/2005
'Nano-scissors' laser shows precise surgical capability
An ultra-short pulse laser that can perform extremely precise surgery on tiny roundworms may be the key to understanding nerve regeneration and is an important step toward treatment of human neurological disease, ...
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Changes in Earth's shape tied to climate
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that significant changes in the shape of the Earth in the past 28 years may be linked to climate events such as the El Niño weather pattern. The Earth’s shape cha ...
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SanDisk Demonstrates SD Memory Card with Built-in USB Connectivity
SanDisk Corporation today introduced an innovative SD flash memory card with built-in USB connectivity. The new product means greater convenience and cost savings for consumers who can just plug the SD card ...
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How Many Formats Can Your DVD Player Play?
Pioneer Player Works With DVD, DVD-Audio, SACD, WMA, .mp3, DVD-R, DVD-RW, .JPG, DivX At times it seems like the movie studios and recording industry release a new type of format or disc every week. With so many acronym ...
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New Alliance to Establish Common Specifications for Promoting PLC-Based Home Networking
Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Mitsubishi Electric and Sony, today announced that they agreed to establish an alliance for high-speed power line communication (PLC) specifications. These specifications will allow smooth ...
Jan 07, 2005 |
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Companies Demonstrate Distribution of Multi-Stream High-Definition Content via HomePlug Powerline and UWB Networks
Intellon Corporation, the world leader in powerline communications, today announced that Samsung Electronics Company is using Intellon's HomePlug AV powerline technology together with Freescale Semiconductor's Ultra-Wideband ...
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission
Even as the Spirit and Opportunity rovers complete a year of successful operation on Mars, the next major step in Mars Exploration is taking shape with preparation of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for ...
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Duct tape that never loses its stick
Gecko feet hold key to development of self-cleaning adhesives Duct tape that never loses its stick. Bandages that come off without sticky residue or an "ouch." Gecko feet may hold the key to the developmen ...
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Nanogen Issued Patent for Permeation Layer of Microchip
Nanogen, Inc., developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,838,053, "Platinum silicide permeation layer device with microlocations," by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ...
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Sony Gets Second Manufacturing Base of Low-Temperature Polysilicon TFT LCD Display Panel for Mobile-Products
Sony Corporation and Chi Mei Optoelectronics have agreed on the basic terms of a transaction whereby Sony will acquire CMO' s wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary, International Display Technology. Sony and CMO have agreed tha ...
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Technology can protect water supply
A technology to instantly determine a poisoned water supply system has been developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Researcher Eli Greenbaum said the AquaSentinel system can detect toxins in ...
Jan 07, 2005 |
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Magnetic field points the way for metallic nanorods with hydrogen peroxide propulsion
Remote Control Nanomotor Like their normally sized analogues, nanoscale machines and robots need motors to function. Some time ago, a team at Pennsylvania State University developed a clever engine to "drive" nanoscopic met ...
Jan 07, 2005 |
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NASA Goes 'Down Under' for Shuttle Mapping Mission Finale
Culminating more than four years of processing data, NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have completed Earth's most extensive global topographic map. The data, extensive enough to f ...
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Penn Museum begins ground-breaking project to create underground image of pre-Inca city
University of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologists working at the ancient site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia-a pre-Inca city sometimes called the "American Stonehenge"--have joined forces with a team of engineers, mathematicians ...
Jan 07, 2005 |
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Deep Impact Mission On Target
The spacecraft for NASA's Deep Impact mission are now perched atop the Delta II rocket that will launch them on their 6-month journey to encounter a speeding comet. Preparations for the launch, scheduled for ...
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