Scientists develop algorithm for ultra-secret security technique
Jun 13, 2006 |
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To achieve a high capacity security system that is exceedingly robust to attacks, scientists have developed a set of instructions to unlock secret information, avoiding the need for embedding images and the ...
Retired FSU Professor Captures a 'Living Fossil' on Video
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 13, 2006 |
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The first images of a live specimen of a small, furry animal once believed to have gone extinct more than 11 million years ago have been captured during a Southeast Asian expedition led by a retired Florida ...
World first nanotechnology to revolutionise oil production
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Nanotechnology to help extract more petrol from oil fields has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).
Researchers teach computers to perceive three dimensions in 2-D images
Jun 13, 2006 |
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We live in a three-dimensional world but, for the most part, we see it in two dimensions. Discerning how objects and surfaces are juxtaposed in an image is second nature for people, but it's something that ...
Fail-Safe Techniques Erase Magnetic Storage Media
Jun 13, 2006 |
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What if you absolutely must delete all data from a computer drive -- beyond any hope of recovery? That was the challenge facing scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Their solution: special ...
Nanotechnology simulations show what experiments miss
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Taking issue with the perception that computer models lack realism, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher told his audience that simulations of the nanoscale provide researchers more detailed results — ...
Pamela Goes to Space to Explore Dark Matter and Antimatter
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Searching for antimatter and dark matter in Space: this is Pamela’s mission. Pamela will be launched into orbit on June 15th from the cosmodrome of Baikonur, in Kazakhstan. The launch will take place at 11.00 am local time.
Physicists Devise New Technique for Detecting Heavy Water
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have created a new method of detecting heavy water that is 30 times more sensitive than any other existing method. The detection method could be helpful in the fight against ...
Intel Researchers Improve Tri-Gate Transistor
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Intel Corporation researchers today disclosed they have developed new technology designed to enable next era in energy-efficient performance. Intel's research and development involving new types of transistors ...
Robots duke it out in Germany for RoboCup
Jun 13, 2006 |
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In 2050, soccer and robot fans may soon be rooting for their favorite teams in a Cup game of human world soccer champion teams vs. a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots -- that's at least the ultimate vision of the RoboCup ...
Hope I Die Before I Get Old?
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Back when he was 20 years old in 1965, rock star Pete Townshend wrote the line "I hope I die before I get old" into a song, "My Generation" that launched his band, the Who, onto the rock 'n' roll scene. But a unique new study ...
Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2006 |
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A scientific expedition to a remote glacier field in Canada's High Arctic may help researchers unlock the secrets about the beginning of life and provide insights for future exploration of our solar system.
Compact tidal generator could reduce the cost of producing electricity from flowing water
Jun 13, 2006 |
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What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had successfully built an electric ...
Florida county uses new mosquito traps
Biology /
Jun 13, 2006 |
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Florida's St. Lucie County is counting on carbon dioxide combined with cow's breath to curtail a mosquito threat.
Study: How the herpes virus hides in cells
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine scientists say they've determined why cold sores caused by a herpes virus keep reappearing.
