Researchers Put 'Spin' in Silicon, Advance New Age of Electronics
May 18, 2007 |
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Electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech have demonstrated for the first time how the spin properties of electrons in silicon--the world's most dominant semiconductor, used ...
Deadly fish virus VHSV spreading throughout Great Lakes Basin
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May 18, 2007 |
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A lethal fish virus in the Great Lakes and neighboring waterways is approaching epidemic proportions, according to Paul Bowser, Cornell professor of aquatic animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine. ...
Nanoscale pasta: Toward nanoscale electronics
May 18, 2007 |
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Pasta tastes like pasta – with or without a spiral. But when you jump to the nanoscale, everything changes: carbon nanotubes and nanofibers that look like nanoscale spiral pasta have completely different electronic ...
Ultra-cold gas makes great magnetometer
May 18, 2007 |
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Capturing the coldest atoms in the universe within the confines of a laser beam, University of California, Berkeley, physicists have made a device that can map magnetic fields more precisely than ever before.
Executable biology -- Computer science sheds light on animal development
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May 18, 2007 |
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By applying the techniques of computer engineering to a mechanistic diagram describing the development of the Nematode C. elegans, a group of researchers in Switzerland has been able to tease out what laboratory experiments ...
Bigger is smarter: Overall, not relative, brain size predicts intelligence
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May 18, 2007 |
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When it comes to estimating the intelligence of various animal species, it may be as simple measuring overall brain size. In fact, making corrections for a species' body size may be a mistake. The findings were reported by ...
New biofuel from trees developed at UGA
May 18, 2007 |
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A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum ...
Britain to add folate to bread
May 18, 2007 |
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British food regulators say folic acid should be added to all packaged white bread.
Before selling carbon credits, read this
May 18, 2007 |
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Storing carbon in agricultural soils presents an immediate option to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and slow global warming. Farmers who adopt practices that store carbon in soil may be able to "sell" the stored carbon ...
Fused nasal bones helped tyrannosaurids dismember prey
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 18, 2007 |
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New evidence may help explain the brute strength of the tyrannosaurid, says a University of Alberta researcher whose finding demonstrates how a fused nasal bone helped turn the animal into a "zoological superweapon."
Study of protein folds offers insight into metabolic evolution
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May 18, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have constructed the first global family tree of metabolic protein architecture. Their approach offers a new window on the evolutionary history of metabolism. The ...
AMD Details Next-Generation Platform for Notebook PCsAMD Details Next-Generation Platform for Notebook PCs
May 18, 2007 |
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At a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, AMD today officially disclosed more details of its next-generation open platform for notebook computing. Codenamed “Puma,” the platform is designed to deliver battery life, graphics ...
Naughty Norton: Symantec Fixes Flaw in Security Software
May 18, 2007 |
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The security vendor has patched a buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely execute malicious code.
Google Keeps Close Eye on Open Source
May 18, 2007 |
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Q&A: Chris DiBona, a programs manager for Google, talks about how the company uses open-source software and what it contributes to the open-source community.
'Halo 3' Beta Test Gets off to Rough Start
May 18, 2007 |
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Microsoft Corp.'s public test of its upcoming "Halo 3" video game got off to a rocky start on Wednesday after many users found they were unable to try out the science fiction-themed shooter.
