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IBN Pioneers Breakthrough Method in Nanoparticle Synthesis

The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed a novel method to simultaneously control the size and morphology of nanoparticles, which can be used in pharmaceutical synthesis and novel biomedical ...

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OnWafer Launches Latest Wireless SensorWafer Product Designed to Deliver Unmatched Process Control for Sub-100-nm Photol

In a move designed to further extend its leadership in process zone control, OnWafer Technologies kicked off the 35th annual SPIE Microlithography 2005 conference by announcing its fourth-generation (G4) wireless BakeTemp ...

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Sandisk Introduces a Secure USB Flash Storage Drive With Fingerprint Identification

SanDisk Corporation today introduced the Cruzer Profile, a portable, hi-speed USB 2.0 flash memory storage drive with added personal security capability to safeguard data, images, presentations and other personal ...

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Transform Pioneer's Professional Plasma Display Into The Ultimate Presentation Tool With New Touch Screen Device

At the Systems Integration Expo and Conference today, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. introduced the PDK-50HW3 touch screen device designed to add touch screen capability to Pioneer’s industry-leading 50-inch professional ...

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New Mathematical Model to Predict Ecological Invasion and Species Survival

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University at Albany have proposed a new mathematical model that predicts the survival of invasive biological species upon introduction to an ecosystem. The model analyzes ...

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Nanoscience solutions for energy technologies advocated

Breakthroughs in nanotechnology could open up the possibility of moving beyond the United States' current alternatives for energy supply by introducing technologies that are more efficient, inexpensive and environmentally ...

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Researchers Discover Gene Believed Responsible for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and SEQUENOM, Inc., report the discovery of a genetic variation, that is the strongest known risk factor associated with ...

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Pluto's Horizon

In March 1930 the Lowell Observatory in Arizona announced the discovery of a small, odd world, roaming beyond the known planets in a region barely visible through the most powerful telescopes. Seventy-five yea ...

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Two New Handsets from Motorola to Redefine 3G

Motorola today unveiled two more seriously sexy 3G handsets in its signature clamshell form. The chic, Vodafone exclusive, Motorola V1050 and the beautiful black V1150 are the essence of multimedia made easy for everyone. With the ...

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Marvell Intros World's First Silicon Solution that Embeds WLAN into Digital Cordless, VoIP, Video Phones

Marvell, the technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications and storage solutions, today introduced the world’s first silicon solution that embeds WLAN into digital cordless phones, VoIP phones, ...

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NEC Demonstrates 3G (W-CDMA) In-building Solutions

NEC Corporation demonstrates its latest 3G (W-CDMA) in-building solutions to provide indoor radio network services realizing the most-optimized mobile environment covering in-building and out-door to mobile operators and ...

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Double volcanic eruption in Eastern Russia

Acquired from orbit 800 kilometres away, this Envisat image shows two volcanoes erupting simultaneously on Russia's snowy Kamchatka Peninsula this week. Located in the Russian Far East, the Kamchatka Peninsula is ...

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New Web site 'drills down' into government standards

Protracted and, sometimes, fruitless searches for government-applied technical standards may soon be a thing of the past. A new Web site, Standards.Gov, provides businesses, other organizations and interested citizens with ...

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Biologists discover why 10percent of Europeans are safe from HIV infection

Biologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Researchers Unlock Mechanism Creating Jigsaw Puzzle-Like Plant Cells

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have unlocked the molecular give and take that allows cells in thin structures such as leaves to develop in a jigsaw-like pattern, providing the leaf ...

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