Stealth Inkjet Printer Startup Could Rock Industry
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Silverbrook Research has developed the Memjet, a nanotech-fueled, consumer inkjet printer that can print sixty pages a minute for under $200. And it works.
Negative Refraction of Visible Light Demonstrated; Could Lead to Cloaking Devices
Mar 23, 2007 |
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For the first time, physicists have devised a way to make visible light travel in the opposite direction that it normally bends when passing from one material to another, like from air through water or glass. The phenomenon ...
Gold catalysts are 'hot' because their electrons are heavy, chemist proposes
Mar 23, 2007 |
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A University of California, Berkeley, chemist has found a mother lode of new and unique gold-catalyzed reactions by applying Einstein's theory of relativity to the rare and precious metal.
Monarch system-on-a-chip excels in early testing
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 23, 2007 |
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A revolutionary processor package that changes its architecture to adapt to the demands of different computing tasks more than met design expectations in recent trials.
New evidence puts 'Snowball Earth' theory out in the cold
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2007 |
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The theory that Earth once underwent a prolonged time of extreme global freezing has been dealt a blow by new evidence that periods of warmth occurred during this so-called 'Snowball Earth' era.
Psychologists publish three new studies on violent video game effects on youths
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2007 |
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New research by Iowa State University psychologists provides more concrete evidence of the adverse effects of violent video game exposure on the behavior of children and adolescents.
New brake light system could mean fewer collisions
Mar 23, 2007 |
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A dynamic brake light system that enables rear lights on a leading vehicle to contract or expand during hard braking could help lessen how often rear-end automobile collisions occur, says new research from the University ...
New evidence of 'human' culture among primates
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Mar 23, 2007 |
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Fresh evidence that suggests monkeys can learn skills from each other, in the same manner as humans, has been uncovered by a University of Cambridge researcher.
Sex in the 1700s
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Prostitutes, perversions and public scandals – the stuff of the 21st century tabloids was familiar to readers three centuries earlier, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
New 'matrix of harm' for drugs of abuse
Mar 23, 2007 |
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A new study published today in the Lancet proposes that drugs should be classified by the amount of harm that they do, rather than the sharp A, B, and C divisions in the UK Misuse of Drugs Act.
'Ancestral eve' was mother of all tooth decay
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Mar 23, 2007 |
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A New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) research team has found the first oral bacterial evidence supporting the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens out of Africa to Asia.
Scientists Identify Oldest Preserved Pieces of Earth's Crust
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Identification of the oldest preserved pieces of Earth's crust in southern Greenland has provided evidence of active plate tectonics as early as 3.8 billion years ago, according to a report by an international team of geoscientists ...
Hammer Storage Pounds Out 'Disruptive' 1TB Appliance
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 23, 2007 |
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The new device resembles a microwave oven, offers remote access and provides the functionality of a network storage device at a price that may boggle some minds.
Could estriol be the elixir for MS?
Mar 23, 2007 |
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It has long been common knowledge that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience a sharp drop in the disease's symptoms during the course of their pregnancy.
Can You Legally Rip a DVD? Trial to Test 'Fair Use'
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Wednesday's trial pitting DVD jukebox maker Kaleidescape Systems versus the agency responsible for DVD copy protection is expected to test the boundaries of fair use.
