The chemistry of popcorn: It's all about 'pop-ability'
Apr 14, 2005 |
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If you took a survey of life’s small annoyances, surely those unpopped kernels at the bottom of the popcorn bag would rank high on the list. But perhaps not for long. “We think the secret to maximizing ‘po ...
First Public Demonstration Of World's First Holographic Drive Prototype
Apr 14, 2005 |
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InPhase Technologies, the leader in holographic data storage systems and media, today announced that it will conduct a public demonstration of the world’s first prototype of a commercial holographic storage device using video ...
AMD Intros New 64-Bit Mobile Processor for High-Performance Notebooks
Apr 14, 2005 |
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AMD today again demonstrated its leadership in 64-bit mobile computing with the introduction of the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3700+ for full-size notebooks. Based on the award-winning AMD64 technology, ...
Purdue miniature cooling device will have military, computer uses
Apr 14, 2005 |
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Mechanical engineers at Purdue University have new findings offering promise for modifying household refrigeration technology with small devices to cool future weapons systems and computer chips.
Researchers grow carbon nanotubes in lab using faster, cheaper means
Apr 14, 2005 |
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Basic building blocks of nanotech, carbon nanotubes will help carry the $850 billion electronics industry forward A Case Western Reserve University engineer has created the "seeds" that can grow into today's ...
Case of Sedna's Missing Moon Solved
Apr 14, 2005 |
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When the distant planetoid Sedna was discovered on the outer edges of our solar system, it posed a puzzle to scientists. Sedna appeared to be spinning very slowly compared to most solar system objects, completing ...
Green light for Lazio–Sirad
Apr 14, 2005 |
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The experiment on the International Space Station that will chase earthquakes Lazio-Sirad is ready to gather data. The experiment is installed on the International Space Station and its aim is to trace the slight variations ...
Faster handoff between Wi-Fi networks promises near-seamless 802.11 roaming
Apr 14, 2005 |
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Road warriors may no longer have to stay put in an airport lounge or Starbucks to access the high-speed Internet via an 802.11 Wi-Fi network. Thanks to software developed by two computer scientists at the ...
The impact of its environment on a quantum computer
Apr 14, 2005 |
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Scientists have discovered how the performance of a quantum computer can be affected by its surrounding environment. The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Science, will help engineers to better understand how to ...
Liverpool scientist discovers new layer of the Earth
Apr 14, 2005 |
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A University of Liverpool scientist has discovered a new layer near the Earth's core, which will enable the internal temperature of the Earth's mantle to be measured at a much deeper level than previously possible.
Vitamin E loss through smoking increases health risks
Apr 14, 2005 |
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New studies in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have shown that vitamin E disappears more quickly in smokers than in non-smokers – findings that may help explain how smoking can cause cancer.
UNL to improve thin diamond film technology
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A University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer is leading a team of engineers from UNL and the University of Missouri-Rolla on a project to refine a process that coats surfaces with thin diamond films. The team has received a ...
Arrowhead Receives Patent on Spintronic Technology for Use in Next-Generation Semiconductor Devices
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Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today the U.S. Patent Office issued U.S. patent 6,879,012, Giant Planar Hall Effect in Epitaxial Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Devices. The patent is exclusively licensed to Nanotechnica, ...
A star is born - and it may be the first
Apr 14, 2005 |
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A new star that may be one of the first to have formed in the Universe has been discovered by an international team led by ANU researchers. The new star - which goes by the innocuous name HE 1327-2326 - i ...
Psychological reasoning begins earlier than had been thought, study shows
Apr 14, 2005 |
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According to conventional wisdom, babies don’t begin to develop sophisticated psychological reasoning about people until they are about 4 years old. A study of 15-month-olds at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
