Subprime problems signal trouble ahead, research shows
Sep 18, 2007 |
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If it seems as though sub-prime mortgage loans stirred up trouble in the financial markets, just wait until debt problems spill over onto household spending. According to economists Barry Cynamon and Steven Fazzari, America's ...
Surface plasmons enhance nanostructure possibilities
Sep 18, 2007 |
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As technology becomes smaller and smaller, scientists work to find solutions to a variety of problems in many different fields. It is known that light could be used for studying molecules and atoms, as well as for solving ...
Intelligent steel for safer cars
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Each year, more than 200,000 car accidents occur in Germany. Car manufacturers devote much time, effort, and cost to developing new ways of protecting drivers and passengers.
Intel Demonstrates Industry's First 32nm Chip and Next-Generation Nehalem Microprocessor Architecture
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini today outlined new products, chip designs and manufacturing technologies that will enable the company to continue its quickened pace of product and technology leadership.
A warm South Pole? Yes, on Neptune!
Sep 18, 2007 |
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An international team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope has discovered that the south pole of Neptune is much hotter than the rest of the planet. This is consistent with the fact that it is late ...
Advance by chemists may lead to better displays on laptop computers, cell phones
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 18, 2007 |
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UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers.
Increase in atmospheric moisture tied to human activities
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Observations and climate model results confirm that human-induced warming of the planet is having a pronounced effect on the atmosphere’s total moisture content. Those are the findings of a new study appearing ...
New carbon nanotube technology to reduce large-scale emissions
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 18, 2007 |
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A novel technology to trap large-scale greenhouse gas emissions caused by coal mining and power generation is being developed by a University of Queensland researcher.
Scientists Develop Micro Device, Nano-Engineered Materials to Treat Cancer and HIV
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Using nanotechnology, engineering researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have developed a small but powerful device capable of enhancing the delivery of drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses.
AMD Adds Multi-Core Triple Threat to Desktop Roadmap
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Delivering a multi-core triple threat, AMD today announced the addition of AMD Phenom triple-core processors to its desktop roadmap. AMD Phenom triple-core processors, expected to be the world’s first PC processors ...
Prehistoric aesthetics explains snail biogeography puzzle
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Sep 18, 2007 |
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The answer to a mystery that long has puzzled biologists may lie in prehistoric Polynesians' penchant for pretty white shells, a research team headed by University of Michigan mollusk expert Diarmaid Ó Foighil has found.
Researchers genetically engineer micro-organisms into tiny factories
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Sep 18, 2007 |
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Microorganisms may soon be efficiently and inexpensively producing novel pharmaceutical compounds, such as flavonoids, that fight aging, cancer or obesity, as well as high-value chemicals, as the result of research being ...
Jumping into the quantum whirlpool
Sep 18, 2007 |
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A University of Queensland quantum physicist is applying a new theory to an old problem.
Species still have more viable offspring if they can choose their best mate
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Sep 18, 2007 |
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When it comes to picking a mate, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young had an answer: “If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” As it turns out, that may be a cardinal rule in the animal kingdom, too.
Nutrition model stresses positive experience of eating
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Enjoying the eating process without focus on dietary restrictions may be key to managing weight and staying healthy, according to researchers who have unveiled a new and effective model for managing eating.
