New York tech start-up develops DNA amplifier the size of a paper clip
Nov 21, 2005 |
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Crime labs and operating rooms that use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing to prosecute criminals and heal patients could get the job done cheaper and with less equipment if a New York company's first-generation ...
The Impossible Is Possible: Laser Light from Silicon
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Nov 21, 2005 |
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Silicon has made its way into everything from computers to cameras. But a silicon laser? Physically impossible – until now. A Brown University research team led by Jimmy Xu has engineered the first directly ...
Stopping The Next Big One
Nov 21, 2005 |
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A system that could predict earthquakes has long been the Holy Grail of scientists trying to prevent the next catastrophe. Now a small Israeli company, backed by experts, is not only claiming to have discovered ...
Early Earth Likely Had Livable Continents
Nov 21, 2005 |
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A surprising new study by an international team of researchers has concluded Earth's continents most likely were in place soon after the planet was formed, overturning a long-held theory that the early planet ...
Bacteria which sense the Earth's magnetic field
Nov 21, 2005 |
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Researchers uncover how a nanoscale 'compass' inside bacteria orients them to the Earth's magnetic field. It is not only migratory birds that orient themselves to the magnetic field of the Earth. Also bacteria -- supposedly "si ...
Penn State offers tips to handle turkeys safely and keep the holiday pleasant
Nov 21, 2005 |
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Low in fat and cholesterol, turkey is a healthy food choice for the holidays. But, if improperly handled, it can become a breeding ground for foodborne illness caused by bacteria.
Shortage of physics teachers in the UK worse than ever
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Nov 21, 2005 |
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An independent report published today directly links the steep decline in the number of students taking A-level physics to the shortage of expert physics teachers. With over 30% of physics teachers due to retire in the next ...
A Microscope that Sees without Looking
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Nov 21, 2005 |
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A new type of microscope overcomes some of the limitations of optical imaging techniques by looking at how samples affect a tiny antenna, rather than looking at the sample itself.
Materials Regain Properties Previously Thought to Disappear under Pressure
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Nov 21, 2005 |
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University of Arkansas physicists working with researchers in France have shown that a group of materials used in military sonar and medical ultrasound regain their unique properties at high pressures, overturning a belief ...
Networking: Mesh networks taking off
Nov 21, 2005 |
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Mesh networking -- the innovative wireless technology that delivers broadband content to computers -- is poised for deployment at a rate that may grow tenfold over the next five years, experts tell United Press International's ...
Flight Tests Confirm New Technologies Can Help Quiet The Skies
Nov 21, 2005 |
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According to recent flight tests involving NASA and corporate industry, new technologies can help silence jet aircraft, both in the passenger cabin and on the ground. The three-week flight test program, called the Quiet Technology ...
Spirit Marks 1st Martian Year
Nov 21, 2005 |
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Spirit, the untiring robotic "wonder child" sent by NASA to explore the eerily earthlike fourth planet from the sun, has completed one martian year--that's almost two Earth years--on Mars. Designed to last ...
Mesmerized by Moondust
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Nov 21, 2005 |
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Each morning, Mian Abbas enters his laboratory and sits down to examine--a single mote of dust. Zen-like, he studies the same speck suspended inside a basketball-sized vacuum chamber for as long as 10 to 12 ...
Laptops, funds not enough to shrink digital gap
Nov 21, 2005 |
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From talks about launching the $100 laptop to setting up a technology investment fund, poorer nations made certain that addressing the digital divide between the wealthy and impoverished countries was addressed at the latest ...
Molecules that suck
Nov 21, 2005 |
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The interaction between the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) and atoms or molecules bound to a surface can be used to construct impressive nanostructures, such as the 'quantum corral'.
