Archive: 03/16/2005
New microSD Memory Card - World's Smallest Memory Card
At CTIA WIRELESS 2005 held here today, the SD Card Association (SDA) announced plans to finalize specifications for a new, super-compact memory card this Spring. The microSD card, expected to be the world's smallest memory ...
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Probing the promise and perils of nanoparticles
For all its promise, the prospect of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications and consumer products has raised concerns about possible harmful effects of the miniscule materials. Scientists at the University of Michigan ...
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Nanogen Issued Patent for Ligation-Based Strand Displacement Amplification Technologies for DNA Analysis
Nanogen, Inc., developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,864,071, "Multiplex amplification and separation of nucleic acid sequences using ligation-dependent strand displacement ...
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TI and Imagination Create Gaming and Graphics Ecosystem Leveraging TI's OMAP 2 'All in One Mobile Entertainment' Platfor
Texas Instruments Incorporated and Imagination Technologies today announced a collaboration to develop a targeted ecosystem leveraging the power of TI's OMAPTM 2 platform and Imagination's best-in-class PowerVR MBX graphics ...
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CeBIT 2005: 'Wearable Hub' for Communications in the Home
The day isn’t far off when it will be possible to control all home communications and automation systems by using a single wearable device that recognizes voice commands. Siemens developed such a small multi-talented ...
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Samsung Delivers Next Generation Memory Modules for High Density Data Processing
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced sample production of the next-generation memory module for servers and workstations –a fully buffered, dual in-line ...
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Engineers study whether 'light on a wire' is wave of future for circuitry
If data drove itself around in cars, photonics would be a roomy minivan and electronics would be a nimble coupe. Photonic components such as fiber optic cables can carry a lot of data but are bulky compared to electronic ...
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NASA Tests Show Wing Warping Controls Aircraft at High Speeds
A NASA flight research project, designed to test a derivative of the Wright Brothers' concept of wing-warping to control aircraft turns, indicates the concept works, even at supersonic speeds. This high-tech version of ...
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Fire and Ice: Mars Images Reveal Recent Volcanic and Glacial Activity
Mars isn’t as sleepy as scientists suspected. An international research team, which includes Brown University planetary geologist James Head, has found evidence of recent glacial movement and volcanic eruptions ...
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Cassini Finds an Atmosphere on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft's two close flybys of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus have revealed that the moon has a significant atmosphere. Scientists, using Cassini's magnetometer instrument for their studies, say ...
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Purdue finding could help develop clean energy technology
Chemical engineers at Purdue University have made a discovery that may help to improve a promising low-polluting energy technology that combusts natural gas more cleanly than conventional methods. The finding revolves aro ...
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Search technique for images recognises visual patterns
Dutch researcher Mirela Tanase has developed a new technique for finding images using search engines. Her technique is based on how the human eye recognises objects. It can increase the success rate of certain search operations ...
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Researchers study how to make nanomaterial industry environmentally sustainable
Research into making the emerging nanomaterial industry environmentally sustainable is showing promise in a preliminary engineering study conducted at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Rice University. Under the ...
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Environmentally safer catalyst proves more active in hydrogen production
Ohio State University engineers have developed a chemical catalyst that increases hydrogen production without using a toxic metal common to other catalysts. Though the new catalyst is still in the early stages of testing, it ...
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'Few-walled' carbon nanotubes said cheap and efficient option for certain applications
North Carolina scientists have found that "thinnest" is not necessarily "best" in rating structure and function of carbon nanotubes, the molecule-sized cylinders that show promise for futuristic technology scaled at a billionths ...
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