Memoirs of a qubit: Hybrid memory solves key problem for quantum computing
Oct 22, 2008 |
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An international team of scientists has performed the ultimate miniaturisation of computer memory: storing information inside the nucleus of an atom. This breakthrough is a key step in bringing to life a quantum ...
3D nanotube assembly technique for nanoscale electronics
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past several years, researchers have been trying to take advantage of carbon nanotubes’ good electrical properties for future nanoscale electronics applications. One of the biggest ...
Panasonic Engineers Introduce Methanol Fuel Cell Prototype
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Panasonic will showcase their new reduced size methanol fuel cell at the Hydrogen Energy Advanced Technology Exhibition 2008 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. Japan's most populated ...
Denser computer chips possible with plasmonic lenses that 'fly'
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) - Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, are reporting a new way of creating computer chips that could revitalize optical lithography, a patterning technique that dominates modern ...
A Futuristic Look Into Playstation Game Play
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tai Chiem, a designer has an eye towards the future. The cylindrical roll-up OLED PSP designed by Chiem is stunning in appearance and looks like a small spotting scope. The innovation within ...
Erectile dysfunction gives early warning of a heart attack, warns expert
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Erectile dysfunction gives a two to three year early warning of a heart attack, warns an expert on bmj.com today.
SanDisk Developing 128 GB Micro-SD Card For 2011 Release
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- SanDisk one of the global leaders in flash storage cards is in the development stage of manufacturing a 128 gigabyte micro-SD card for cell phones. According to Deccan Herald of India, SanDisk´s ...
Spanish scientists confirm the existence of electric activity in Titan
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Physicists of the University of Granada and the University of Valencia (Spain) have developed a proceeding to analyse specific data sent by the Huygens probe from Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, proving "in an unequivocal ...
Computer Keyboard Hacking
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss researchers from the Security and Cryptography Laboratory have demonstrated different ways of eavesdropping on wired keyboards from at least 11 different models. The keyboards range ...
Eating quickly and until full trebles the risk of being overweight
Oct 22, 2008 |
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The combination of eating quickly and eating until full trebles the risk of being overweight, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
Seeing a brain as it learns to see
Oct 22, 2008 |
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A brain isn't born fully organized. It builds its abilities through experience, making physical connections between neurons and organizing circuits to store and retrieve information in milliseconds for years afterwards.
Scientists unwrap the elements of life
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at Newcastle University have taken a step forward in our understanding of how the fundamental building blocks of life are put together.
UCSB study finds physical strength, fighting ability revealed in human faces
Oct 22, 2008 |
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For our ancestors, misjudging the physical strength of a would-be opponent might have resulted in painful –– and potentially deadly –– defeat.
Silencing a protein could kill T-Cells, reverse leukemia
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Blocking the signals from a protein that activates cells in the immune system could help kill cells that cause a rare form of blood cancer, according to physicists and oncologists who combined computer modeling and molecular ...
The Oddball Hosts of Gamma-ray Bursts
Oct 22, 2008 |
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There's a universal tendency to heed Dylan Thomas's exhortation and go out with a bang instead of a whimper. Nowhere is this more evident than deep in the cosmos.
