Record-breaking detector may aid nuclear inspections
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Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated the world's most accurate gamma ray detector, which is expected to be useful eventually ...
S.Korea develop the smallest transistors
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South Korean scientists and the national institute of technology have developed a 3-nanometer-wide transistor, the smallest of its kind in the world.
Study Offers Preview of Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Changes
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The retreat of a massive ice sheet that once covered much of northern Europe has been described for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how present-day ice sheets in Greenland ...
Rice University researchers create 'nanorice'
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Who better to invent "nanorice" than researchers at Rice University? But marketing and whimsy weren't what motivated the team of engineers, physicists and chemists from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) ...
Rare volcanic plumes create uncommonly dangerous ash flows
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Three unique photographs of a recent volcanic eruption in a remote part of Ecuador show a plume unlike any previously documented, and hint at a newly recognized hazard, say scientists at the University of Illinois ...
Trib outs CIA
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It's hard keeping secrets -- even on the Internet. In a Sunday story that somewhat rattled the CIA, the Chicago Tribune reported that using the Net and a variety of easy to use online databases it had found ...
Plant cells 'black out' when eaten by leafworms
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This "electrical black out" drastically reduces the ability of the plant's cells to react and protect themselves against getting eaten by the leafworm. The scientists are now trying to determine the identity, ...
Epson Develops the World's First Print Head Using an OLED Light Source
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Seiko Epson Corporation has developed the world's first print head using an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) light source.
Study Links 'Smog' to Arctic Warming
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NASA scientists have found that a major form of global air pollution involved in summertime "smog" has also played a significant role in warming the Arctic.
Study: Running with friends is better
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Princeton University scientists say they've determined exercising in groups, rather than alone, produces better results and is better for the brain.
Nanorods show benefits cancer treatment
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Francisco, have found an even more effective and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells. By changing the shapes of ...
Yet another use found for nanoparticles
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University of Illinois scientists have found yet another use for nanoparticles -- use them to 'armor' lipid molecules.
'Electronic' DNA sequencing: Changes in molecular charge act as signal
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Sometimes it is only individual base pairs that differentiate a diseased gene from a healthy one (point mutations). The systematic exploration of such variations, as well as the diagnosis of genetic diseases, require the ...
Bloggers revisited in campaign-finance law
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A bill that would exempt bloggers from campaign-finance laws was approved Thursday by the Committee on House Administration and comes just in time as the Federal Electoral Commission will release its decision ...
Pressable photonic crystals produce full-colour fingerprints and promise enhanced security
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In the future, law enforcement officials may take full-colour fingerprints using new technology developed by a University of Toronto-led team of international researchers. Far from the basic black-and-white fingerprints collected ...
