Archive: 08/09/2007
Researchers directly deposit gold nanoparticles in suspension
The delivery, manipulation and assembly of functional materials such as metal nanoparticles into predefined architectures and patterns is of great interest in nanotechnology. Nanoscale patterns of nanoparticles have the potential ...
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Seat belt injuries could signal more serious trauma in children
Ill-fitting seatbelts raise the risk of serious injury to children involved in car accidents. And seat belt injuries should alert physicians to look for signs of more serious consequences, particularly spinal cord injury, ...
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Sony Updates 2GB Memory Stick Entertainment Pack for PlayStation Portable
Sony is introducing another version of the 2GB Memory Stick Entertainment Pack for the PSP (PlayStatio Portable) system.
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Mixing Electricity and Water
Every hair dryer in America is tagged with a large warning label not to use it near water for one obvious reason: mixing the two could result in electrocution and even death. But did you know that it is not ...
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Ideally Ordered Nanohole Patterned Media Enables Capacity Potential to 1.2TB for 2.5'' HDD
Fujitsu today announced the results of a joint collaboration by Yamagata Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, and Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology to create ideally “ordered” alumina nanohole patterned ...
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Endeavour Undergoes Heat Shield Inspection
Pilot Charles Hobaugh, and mission specialists Tracy Caldwell and Rick Mastracchio are using the shuttle’s robotic arm and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to take an extensive and detailed look at the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Scientists target future pandemic strains of H5N1 avian influenza
Preparing vaccines and therapeutics that target a future mutant strain of H5N1 influenza virus sounds like science fiction, but it may be possible, according to a team of scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and ...
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Researchers turn mouse into factory for human liver cells
Oregon Health & Science University researchers have figured out how to turn a mouse into a factory for human liver cells that can be used to test how pharmaceuticals are metabolized.
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Scuppering pirates improves internet audio
A new digital watermarking system not only protects music and media files from online pirates but also ensures that the quality for legitimate users is as good as it gets.
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Computers expose the physics of NASCAR
It's an odd combination of Navier-Stokes equations and NASCAR driving. Computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed software that is incorporated in new technology allowing television ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Largest butterfly in Western Hemisphere needs help to avoid extinction
The Homerus swallowtail is the Western Hemisphere’s largest butterfly, but University of Florida researchers say its numbers are so small that conservation and captive breeding efforts are needed to save the insect, found ...
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Aug 09, 2007 |
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Ultra-strong, flexible nanofiber-based 'paper' step closer to commercialization
Groundbreaking research at the University of Arkansas is one step closer to commercialization. Intellectual Property Partners LLC, an Atlanta company that turns promising technologies into profitable ventures for the business ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 09, 2007 |
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X-ray images help explain limits to insect body size
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have cast new light on why the giant insects that lived millions of years ago disappeared.
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Climate change and permafrost thaw alter greenhouse gas emissions in northern wetlands
Permafrost – the perpetually frozen foundation of the north – isn’t so permanent anymore, and scientists are scrambling to understand the pros and cons when terra firma goes soft.
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Smokeless tobacco more effective than cigarettes for delivering dangerous carcinogens into the body
It may not be inhaled into the lungs, but smokeless tobacco exposes users to some of the same potent carcinogens as cigarettes. In the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the Americ ...
Aug 09, 2007 |
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