Study Captures Brain's Activity Processing Speech
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Rad, Lad. You might be able to hear the difference, but to many children and adults, these words sound exactly the same. The problem isn’t that they can’t hear the sounds. The problem is that they can’t ...
New nanotech products hitting the market at the rate of 3-4 per week
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 24, 2008 |
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New nanotechnology consumer products are coming on the market at the rate of 3-4 per week, a finding based on the latest update to the nanotechnology consumer product inventory maintained by the Project on ...
Scientists urged to make a stand on climate change
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Scientists must work harder at making the public aware of the stark difference between good science and "denialist spin".
AMD Delivers Three New AMD Phenom X3 8000 Series Processors
Apr 24, 2008 |
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AMD today announced the availability of three new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processors that, when combined with the AMD 780 series chipset, can give consumers a full HD experience and visually stunning gaming ...
ASIMO Robot to Conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Apr 24, 2008 |
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ASIMO will focus attention on the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's (DSO) nationally acclaimed music programs for young people in Detroit by conducting the orchestra as it performs "Impossible Dream" to open a ...
Shock at pump stems from high crude oil prices
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Next time you visit the gas station and fill your tank with $3.50 or more a gallon gasoline, reflect on this. Nine years ago you could have bought that same gas for 98 cents a gallon. What is going on?
Washed-up sea snake rescued in New Zealand
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Apr 24, 2008 |
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A highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake that washed up on a New Zealand beach was recovering Thursday at an aquarium.
European light research opens door for optical storage and computing
Apr 24, 2008 |
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The goal of replacing electronics with optics for processing data in computers is coming closer through cutting edge European research into the mysterious properties of “fast and slow” light. The long term aim is to boost ...
Study breaks ground in revealing how neurons generate movement
Apr 24, 2008 |
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When the eye tracks a bird’s flight across the sky, the visual experience is normally smooth, without interruption. But underlying this behavior is a complex coordination of neurons that has remained mysterious to scientists. ...
Better regional monitoring of CO2 needed as global levels continue rising
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place in order to quantify regional progress in emission reductions, ...
Two suppressor molecules affect 70 genes in leukemia
Apr 24, 2008 |
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By restoring two small molecules that are often lost in chronic leukemia, researchers were able to block tumor growth in an animal model. The research, using human chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells, also showed that ...
A new iconic drug information system inspired by road signs
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Although drug prescriptions are notoriously difficult to read, prescribing errors due to a lack of knowledge of drug properties are a worse problem.
Baker College wins cyber defense contest
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Baker College of Flint, Mich., Texas A&M University and the University of Louisville have won top honors in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
Technological breakthrough in the fight to cut greenhouse gases
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases. The Newcastle University team, led by Michael North, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has developed a highly energy-efficient ...
Stratospheric injections to counter global warming could damage ozone layer
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2008 |
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A much-discussed idea to offset global warming by injecting sulfate particles into the stratosphere would have a drastic impact on Earth's protective ozone layer, new research concludes. The study, led by ...
