Stengthening the glow of nanotube luminescence
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Nanotubes are the poster children of the nanotechnology revolution. These tiny carbon tubes – less than 1/50,000 the diameter of a human hair – possess novel properties that have researchers excitedly expl ...
Researchers uncover new details about how signals are transmitted in the brain
Nov 15, 2005 |
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An international team of scientists has announced a new breakthrough in understanding the molecular details of how signals move around in the human brain. The work is basic research, but could help pharmacologists design ...
Online Learning's Frontier: Researcher Gives Computers a 'Human' Face
Nov 15, 2005 |
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The friendly facial expressions, the soothing hand gestures, the coolly intelligent voice: Put them all together, and she is both disarmingly lifelike and surprisingly persuasive.
Nanoparticle shows promise in reducing radiation side effects
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Using transparent zebrafish embryos, researchers at Jefferson Medical College have shown that a microscopic nanoparticle can help fend off damage to normal tissue from radiation. The nanoparticle, a soccer ball-shaped, hollow, ...
Researchers develop hybrid silicon evanescent laser
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Nov 15, 2005 |
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In what promises to be an important advance, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a novel laser by bonding optical gain layers directly to a silicon laser cavity. This hybrid laser offers ...
Robo-rodent gets 'touchy-feely'
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Robots that 'feel' objects and their texture could soon become a reality thanks to the innovative and interdisciplinary research of the AMouse, or artificial mouse, project.
Samsung to Unveil the World's First WiBro (Mobile WiMAX) Handsets
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Samsung will demonstrate WiBro (Wireless Broadband; Korean brand name of Mobile WiMAX) mobile phones and systems at the “2005 APEC IT Exhibition” during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Various ...
Give a visiting ant a nice place to stay and it might stick around
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Many insects enter the United States accidentally, as hitchhikers on various plants imported in commerce, but how many really stay? Conventional thinking says the answer is in the numbers of both insects and ...
Briefs: Microsoft to scrub out Sony piracy rootkit
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Sony's much-maligned anti-piracy program is being targeted as malware by Microsoft.
Beauties and beer: Another Peruvian tale
Nov 15, 2005 |
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It sounds like part of a bad movie plot, but Chicago scientists have found ruins of an A.D. 600 Peruvian brewery run by beautiful "brewmistresses."
Consumer behavior linked with emotions
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Scientists at Pennsylvania State University and at Tilburg University in the Netherlands say extraneous emotions can affect consumer purchases.
Grizzlies may lose 'threatened' status
Nov 15, 2005 |
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The Bush administration says it plans to remove Yellowstone's grizzly bears from the nation's endangered species list.
Online shoppers concered about credit info
Nov 15, 2005 |
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A majority of consumers in a recent survey reported they are worried about credit security while shopping online during the holiday season.
Study: Sunscreen sexually alters fish
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Sunscreen residue washed off in showers and sinks is reportedly sexually altering some male fish off the Southern California coast.
Briefs: Micron has memory for entry-level phones
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Micron Technology has developed a memory device for so-called entry-level cell phones that play a major role in developing-nation markets.
