Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual ...
Discovery cuts cost of next generation optical fibers
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered a way of speeding up the production of hollow-core optical fibres - a new generation of optical fibres that could lead to faster and more powerful computing and telecommunications ...
UltraBattery sets new standard for HEVs
Jan 17, 2008 |
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The odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle today reached 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system.
Math Models Snowflakes
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Unconventional natural gas reservoir in Pennsylvania poised to dramatically increase US Production
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Natural gas distributed throughout the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia could conservatively boost proven U.S. reserves by trillions of cubic feet if gas production companies employ horizontal ...
Trees, Ants and Elephants: Balance Gone Bad
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Jan 17, 2008 |
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UC Davis researchers in Africa have a riveting tale of natural balance gone bad, with an unhappy moral for other ecosystems: This could happen to you.
Hoverit Unveils MagLev Chair
Jan 17, 2008 |
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British company Hoverit, Ltd., has recently introduced "The Lounger," a chair that defies gravity by hovering a few inches above its base. The Lounger uses permanent magnets in the chair and base to life the ...
Programming Biomolecular Self-Assembly Pathways
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Jan 17, 2008 |
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Nature knows how to make proteins and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) dance to assemble and sustain life. Inspired by this proof of principle, researchers at the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated that it is ...
Web 3.0: user-generated networks?
Jan 17, 2008 |
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European researchers took the concepts of Web 2.0, like user-generated content and social networking, into the real world. They hope to create user-generated physical networks so internets could be set up, ...
Materials' crystal properties illuminated by mathematical 'lighthouse'
Jan 17, 2008 |
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A deeper fundamental understanding of complex materials may now be possible, thanks to a pair of Princeton scientists who have uncovered a new insight into how crystals form.
Washington state sea levels could rise considerably by end of century
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, combined with other effects of global climate change, are likely to raise sea levels in parts of Western Washington by the end of this century, though geological forces will offset ...
New genus of self-destructive palm found in Madagascar
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Jan 17, 2008 |
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A gigantic palm that flowers itself to death and exists as part of an entirely unique genus has been discovered in Madagascar; its name will be published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society on 17 January 2008. ...
Study discovers secret of Scottish sheep evolution
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Jan 17, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of Sheffield, as part of an international team, have discovered the secret of why dark sheep on a remote Scottish Island are mysteriously declining, seemingly contradicting Darwin’s evolutionary ...
Religious beliefs focus too much on self
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.
'Nonlinear' ecosystem response points to environmental solutions
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The preservation of coastal ecosystem services such as clean water, storm buffers or fisheries protection does not have to be an all-or-nothing approach, a new study indicates, and a better understanding of how ecosystems ...
