Archive: 08/23/2004
Sun Is Closer Than We Thought
This September, NASA is set to bring back a tiny sampling of the raw material of the Sun, a sample weighing no more than a few grains of salt. In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific ...
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Low-cost fibers remove trace atrazine from drinking water
A new generation of high surface-area porous materials for removing atrazine from water supplies has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The low-cost and wear-resistant fibers ...
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Energy Technology researchers solve energy and medical problems
Argonne's Energy Technology Division (ET) provides innovative materials and engineering solutions to national energy challenges that range from energy production and conservation to transportation. Researchers also find c ...
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TI OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER BREAKS DOWN DISTORTION BARRIERS AT 5-V SINGLE-SUPPLY OPERATION
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced today the industry's lowest distortion 5-V single-supply operational amplifier (op amp), designed for applications requiring high speed, low distortion and low ...
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TRUE REALITY TV: DIGITAL VIDEO DECODER FROM TI CREATES VIBRANT, LIFELIKE IMAGES ON TVS, DVD RECORDERS
Next-Generation Video Decoder Runs 3D Comb Filtering for both NTSC and PAL To win customers in a competitive marketplace, manufacturers of DLP, LCD and plasma TVs, DVD recorders and set top boxes must offer a palette of f ...
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Big Computers For Big Science
A visiting neutron scattering scientist at ORNL sends data from her experiment to a San Diego supercomputer for analysis. The calculation results are sent to Argonne National Laboratory, where they are turned into "pictures." ...
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Nanocoatings Can Save Energy, Costs
Argonne's Energy Technology Division (ET) provides innovative materials and engineering solutions to national energy challenges that range from energy production and conservation to transportation. In 2003, nanostructured carbide-der ...
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Well-preserved layer of material ejected from Chesapeake Bay meteor-strike discovered
People in Georgia's Dodge and Bleckley counties have for years picked up small pieces of natural glass called "Georgiaites," which were produced by an unknown asteroid or comet impact millions of years ago. Just where these small, translu ...
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Scientists meet to review Envisat results after two and a half years of operations
From 6 to 10 September in Salzburg, Austria, over 700 scientists from 50 countries worldwide will meet to review and discuss the early results of the European Space Agency’s Envisat satellite mission. The main ...
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ARM and Artisan Combine to Deliver System-on-Chip IP Solutions
ARM Holdings plc (Nasdaq:ARMHY)(LSE:ARM) and Artisan Components, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which ARM will acquire Artisan. Artisan is a leading provider of ...
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Poseidon Design Systems Introduces ESL Tools That Analyze, Optimize and Accelerate Processor-Based Designs
Triton Tool Suite Enables Designers to Trade off Performance, Power and Cost for SoCs, Platform ASICs, Structured Arrays and FPGAs Poseidon Design Systems, Inc. today announced an Electronic System Level (ESL) tool suite - ...
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Hitachi Endorses Zyvex Nanoprober Solutions
Hitachi High Technologies America (HTA) and Zyvex Corporation today announced an agreement to refer microsystems customers for worldwide sales channels. Under this agreement, Hitachi High Technologies America will refer ...
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Next Generation DVD Format
With over three billion DVD discs shipped since the format's launch in 1997, the entertainment industry is gearing up for a next generation format DVD, which will be the topic of technical and marketing discussions at next w ...
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Sony Hits Sweet 16X With New DVD Burners
Now Available, Sony's Seventh-Generation DVD Burners Boast Six-Minute Burn Time Sony Electronics is upping the ante for DVD recording with its second generation of DVD+R Double Layer (DL) burners that support 16X DVD+R record ...
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New "Molecular Wires" Nanotechnology to Replace Silicon
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Florida have uncovered information that may help "molecular wires" replace silicon in micro-electronic circuits and/or co ...
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