Tutankhamun Examined in a CT Scanner
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Siemens experts have been examining the mummified remains of the pharaoh Tutankhamun in a CT scanner - with unprecedented precision. Together with the Egyptian chief archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass, they want ...
Researchers Discover Fat Gene
Jan 20, 2005 |
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UCLA/VA scientists have identified a new gene that controls how the body produces and uses fat. Called lipin, the gene may provide a new target for therapies to control obesity, diabetes and other weight-related disorders. ...
Sinking coastline may precede large subduction zone quakes
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Some massive earthquakes like the one that generated the recent tsunami in South Asia are preceded by slight sinking along nearby coastlines two to five years before the rupture, according to a new study by scientists from ...
Linguistics may be clue to emotions
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Words may be a clue to how people, regardless of their language, think about and process emotions, according to a Penn State researcher. "It has been suggested in the past that all cultures have in common a small number of ...
Radically-Designed Skates Improve Performance
Jan 20, 2005 |
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This spring, California-based LandRoller will introduce the first major innovation in skating in over 25 years. Its radical new skate design cranks up performance to take skaters to places – and surfaces – ...
Universal Display to Develop Novel Smart Windows
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Universal Display Corporation, a leading developer of organic light emitting diode (OLED) for flat technologies for flat panel displays, lighting and other opto-electronic applications, announced today a $130,000 cooperati ...
Key Molecule in Plant Photo-Protection Identified
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Jan 20, 2005 |
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Another important piece to the photosynthesis puzzle is now in place. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have ...
Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs Consume Less Than 1/10th The Power Of Competing FPGAs
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Up to 94% lower in-rush power with smart configuration and up to 78% lower static power enabled by FPGA industry's first 90nm triple-oxide technology Xilinx, Inc., the world's leading supplier of programmable logic solutions, toda ...
Intel Accelerating Virtualization Effort
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Intel Corporation is accelerating its broad industry efforts to deliver enhanced virtualization capabilities — codenamed Vanderpool — for Intel®-based clients and servers. The company has released its preliminary Vanderpool ...
'Evil twin' hotspots are a new menace for Wi-Fi Internet users
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'Evil Twin' hotspots: the latest security threat to web users, according to wireless internet and cyber crime experts at Cranfield University, academic partner of the Defence Academy of the UK. "So-called ‘Ev ...
Climate research breakthrough
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A long standing puzzle that has haunted climate researchers looking at the fate of carbon stored in the world’s soils, has now been resolved. The research suggests that climate warming may be occurring even faster than previously ...
Sensor System to Gauge Effects of Cosmic Rays on Lunar Explorers
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Boston University Professor Harlan Spence recently joined five other space scientists at Goddard Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland to discuss their participation in NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) program. Spence lea ...
When the Tongue Slips, the Eyes Have It
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How is it that we can look at a door and accidentally call it a window or call a shovel a rake? When people mislabel objects, they often blame themselves for rushing their words or not paying attention. But research at the ...
Antarctic Demolition is Underway: Scientists witness hundreds of cracks in the sea ice
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Car demolition derbies last minutes, but when it comes to a giant iceberg near Antarctica it takes a bit longer. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Terra and Aqua satellites ...
Motorola Introduces Two New Ways to Communicate at the Touch of a Button
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Motorola, Inc., a global leader in wireless communications, today introduced two new GSM handsets to its Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) portfolio — the fashionable C698p and the fun, affordable C381p. Each handset is engineered ...
