World first for sending data using quantum cryptography
Oct 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ...
Scientists create superconducting thin films
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale -- the realm of billionths of a meter. Such ...
Researchers Moving Closer to Creating Viable Energy From Sewage
Oct 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a newly developed technology for producing hydrogen gas from biowaste is brought to commercial use – as researchers believe it can be – then it appears the world will have plenty of energy if it can ...
Using living cells as nanotechnology factories
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 08, 2008 |
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In the tiny realm of nanotechnology, scientists have used a wide variety of materials to build atomic scale structures. But just as in the construction business, nanotechnology researchers can often be limited by the amount ...
ZPower claims its silver-zinc batteries last 40% longer than lithium-ion
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A company called ZPower has designed batteries with silver- and zinc-based electrodes that it says will offer up to 40% more computer time per charge than today´s lithium-ion batteries. Consumers won´t have ...
DNA could reveal your surname
Biology /
Oct 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the world-leading Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester – where the revolutionary technique of genetic fingerprinting was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys- are developing ...
Circadian clock may be critical for remembering what you learn
Biology /
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, ...
New invention that could change design of future memory storage devices
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A research team at Singapore A*STAR's Data Storage Institute (DSI) has invented a new phase change material that has the potential to change the design of future memory storage devices.
Atlanta firm to develop Ohio University algae bioreactor
Oct 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta firm Green Bios Technologies has licensed a new type of algae bioreactor from Ohio University developed by internationally renowned engineering professor David Bayless. The company ...
Cosmic eye sheds light on early galaxy formation
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A Cosmic Eye has given scientists a unique insight into galaxy formation in the very early Universe. Using gravity from a foreground galaxy as a zoom lens the team was able to see a young star-forming galaxy ...
Preserved by ice: Glacial dams helped prevent erosion of Tibetan plateau
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The Tsangpo River is the highest major river in the world, starting at 14,500 feet elevation and plunging to the Bay of Bengal, scouring huge amounts of rock and soil along the way. Yet in its upper reaches, ...
Learning how not to be afraid
Oct 08, 2008 |
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Why do some people have the ability to remain calm and relaxed even in the most stressful situations? New experiments in mice by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers are providing insight into how the brain ...
A new material could act as a nanofridge for microchips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 08, 2008 |
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In the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integrated devices has become one of the frontier fields in new material science and technology. The significant reduction achieved in ...
Born from the wind -- unique multi-wavelength portrait of star birth
Oct 08, 2008 |
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Telescopes on the ground and in space have teamed up to compose a colourful image that offers a fresh look at the history of the star-studded region NGC 346. This new, ethereal portrait, in which different ...
St. John's wort relieves symptoms of major depression
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New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate ...
