Scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
Feb 24, 2005 |
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New hope for sufferers of glaucoma and spinal cord injuries For the first time, scientists have regenerated a damaged optic nerve -- from the eye to the brain. This achievement, which occurred in laboratory mice and is ...
Replace Kilogram Artifact Now With Definition Based on Nature, Experts Say
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Feb 24, 2005 |
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It’s time to replace the 115-year-old kilogram artifact as the world's official standard for mass, even though experiments generally thought necessary to achieve this goal have not yet reached their targeted level of precision, ...
World's First HTPS LCD Panel Using Inorganic Alignmnet Layer
Feb 24, 2005 |
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Representing the latest technology in precise liquid crystal alignment, Sony Corporation announced today the successful development of the world's first HTPS LCD panel for front projector TV sets, has increased ...
Regents approve pioneering nanosystems degree
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The Louisiana Board of Regents granted final approval Thursday for Louisiana Tech to offer the nanosystems engineering degree program, the first such program in the nation. Tech’s new Bachelor of Science degree program wil ...
A Prototype Next-Generation Mobile Phone Fuel Cell With High Output Power
Feb 24, 2005 |
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation have developed a prototype micro polymer-electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC)1 that uses hydrogen gas as a fuel and is small enough to directly fit in a mobile phone. Under ...
Scientists entice superconducting devices to act like atoms
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Feb 24, 2005 |
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Advance marks progress toward quantum computer made with 'artificial atoms' Two superconducting devices have been coaxed into a special, interdependent state that mimics the unusual interactions sometimes seen in pairs of atom ...
Duke, Woods Hole Geologists Discover 'Clockwork' Motion by Ocean Floor Microplates
Feb 24, 2005 |
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A team of geologists from Duke University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has discovered a grinding, coordinated ballet of crustal "microplates" unfolding below the equatorial east Pacific Ocean ...
NASA Astrobiologist Identifies New 'Extreme' Life Form
Feb 24, 2005 |
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The end of a scientific journey -- started five years ago in a frozen tunnel deep below the Alaska tundra -- came in January for NASA astrobiologist Dr. Richard Hoover. It proved a long, arduous journey for Hoover and his ...
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Continues Making New Discoveries
Feb 24, 2005 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues making new and exciting discoveries. New findings include wandering and rubble-pile moons; new and clumpy Saturn rings; splintering storms and a dynamic magnetosphere. "For the ...
Organic molecules transport strongest spectral signature of interplanetary dust particles
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Using a transmission electron microscope, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have detected a 5.7-electron volt or 2175 Å (angstrom) wavelength feature in interstellar grains that were embedded ...
Taking Java to the embedded market
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The age of the ‘disappearing computer’ is upon us. Slowly but surely, traditional IT systems are moving from visible desktop computers to invisible embedded computers in intelligent devices, thanks in part to cutting-edge ...
Another Look at an Enigmatic New World
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On January 14, 2005, the ESA Huygens probe arrived at Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. After a faultless descent through the dense atmosphere, it touched down on the icy surface of this strange world from ...
UNC researchers study fuel cells, focus on portable possibilities
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is among the newest participants in a statewide alliance formed last summer to explore renewable and efficient energy sources. UNC is participating in the N.C. Fuel Cell All ...
Out of this world: Parade of Mars rovers unveiled at UH competition
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Third annual event attracts future scientists, yields innovative designs Young scientists and engineers fired up their model cars for a journey to a distant planet during the 2005 Mars Rover Model Competition at the University of ...
Saturn's A Ring has oxygen, but not life
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Data from the Cassini-Huygens satellite showing oxygen ions in the atmosphere around Saturn's rings suggests once again that molecular oxygen alone isn't a reliable indicator of whether a planet can support life. ...
