Archive: 04/19/2005
Spontaneous ignition discovery has ORNL researcher fired up
Zhiyu Hu believes it is possible to match nature's highly efficient method to convert chemicals into thermal energy at room temperature, and he has data and a published paper to support his theory. In a paper scheduled to ...
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Nanotubes and Energy - Hype or Hope?
Cientifica - the world's leading nanotechnology information company - released today the most comprehensive global study ever undertaken of the market and technology impact of carbon nanotubes on the energy sector.
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Making video easier to search and find
Imagine a computer system that can automatically search through videos of football matches and pull out all the shots on goal or all the fouls. Creating the elements that make such a system possible is a key result from the ...
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Rising carbon dioxide levels increase risks to satellites
Climate change is widely attributed to the build-up of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the Earth’s atmosphere. However, scientists from the School of Engineering Sciences at the University of Southampton have ...
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Scientists propose new method for studying ion channel kinetics
Scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new method for the study of ion channel gating kinetics. An ion channel is a protein pore that lets ions (charged atoms such as calcium) pass through a ...
Apr 19, 2005 |
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Is the Universe stuck in a Groundhog Day?
The idea of a cyclical universe is controversial but a leading researcher believes we really could be stuck in a never-ending loop. Speaking at the Institute of Physics conference Physics 2005, Professor Paul Steinhardt presented ...
Apr 19, 2005 |
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Low oxygen likely made 'Great Dying' worse, greatly delayed recovery
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history some 251 million years ago was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years. ...
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Scientists infuse rat spinal cords with brain-derived human stem cells
Unveiling a delivery method that may one day help surgeons treat the deadly neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), researchers at the UW-Madison have inserted engineered human stem cells into the spinal ...
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S-LCD Begins Shipment of 7th Generation TFT LCD Panels
S-LCD Corporation today began shipment of mass production Generation 7 amorphous TFT LCD modules to its parent companies, Samsung Electronics and Sony. S-LCD was established on April 26th 2004 by an equal joint investment by ...
Apr 19, 2005 |
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NEC Announces 2.7-Inch QVGA LCDs for Mobile Applications
NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. today announced that sample shipments of its 2.7-inch (6.8cm diagonal), quarter video graphic array ("QVGA"), amorphous silicon thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display ("TFT ...
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National Semiconductor Samples First Dual 10-bit Color Transmit and Receive Chipset
Industry’s First Chipset Designed to Drive Full HDTV with Greater Than One Billion Colors National Semiconductor Corporation today introduced the industry’s most efficient interface for driving full high-definition telev ...
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Fox Entertainment and IBM to Enable Next Generation Digital Broadcasting
First-of-a-Kind Technology Enables Easy, Secure Access to Digital Content Fox Entertainment Group and IBM today announced a collaboration on a first-of-a-kind technology intended to dramatically simplify home entertainment ne ...
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New polymers for applications in nanopatterning and nanolithography
The Cidetec Technological Centre continues to invest in nanotechnology development with its participation in the European NAPA (Emerging Nanopatterning Methods) project. The research institution is directing a working subgroup ...
Apr 19, 2005 |
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Nanomagnets bend the rules
Nanocomposite materials seem to flout conventions of physics. In the latest example of surprising behavior, reported* by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Brookhaven National Laboratory, ...
Apr 19, 2005 |
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Cisco Introduces the Cisco XR 12000 Series Routers for IP Next-Generation Networks
Cisco Systems yesterday introduced the Cisco XR 12000 Series routers, which represents the combination of the Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS) XR software with the proven market-leading capabilities of the Cisco ...
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