Philips showcases production-ready Lumalive textile garments
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Philips Research intends to impress the visitors at this year’s IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) with a world-first demonstration of promotional jackets and furniture featuring its innovative Lumalive technology. ...
Nanowire arrays can detect signals along individual neurons
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Opening a whole new interface between nanotechnology and neuroscience, scientists at Harvard University have used slender silicon nanowires to detect, stimulate, and inhibit nerve signals along the axons and dendrites of ...
Unusual rods get thicker when stretched
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Day-to-day experience teaches us that stretching an object makes it thinner; pushing it together makes it thicker. However, there are also materials that behave contrary to our expectations: they get thicker when stretched ...
The Final IAU Resolution on the definition of 'planet' ready for voting
Aug 24, 2006 |
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At the second session of the 2006 International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly, which will be held 14:00 CEST (08:00 EDT) Thursday 24 August, members of the IAU will vote on the Resolutions presented ...
Mariner Meteor Mystery, Solved?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2006 |
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On July 14, 1965, Mariner 4 swooped over Mars. It was a moment of high drama. Six other probes had already tried to reach Mars and failed--most malfunctioning before they even left Earth. Since the days of ...
Researchers provide first evidence for learning mechanism
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Aug 24, 2006 |
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Finally confirming a fact that remained unproven for more than 30 years, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report in the Aug. 25 issue of Science that certain key connections among neurons get st ...
U-M physics researchers chosen to study space mission
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Researchers from the University of Michigan Physics Department are part of an international team that has been chosen by NASA to study a proposed Joint Dark Energy Mission.
New lab technique churns out fungus' potential cancer fighter
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For the first time, researchers have developed a way to synthesize a cancer-killing compound called rasfonin in enough quantity to learn how it works. Derived from a fungus discovered clinging to the walls ...
Insect predation sheds light on food web recovery after the dinosaur extinction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2006 |
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The recovery of biodiversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was much more chaotic than previously thought, according to paleontologists. New fossil evidence shows that at certain times and places, ...
Tea seen as healthier than water
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British researchers say consuming tea is healthier than drinking water not only for hydration but for other benefits.
Brain enzyme treatment relieves memory lapse in Alzheimer's mice
Aug 24, 2006 |
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An enzyme that helps neurons rid themselves of excess or aberrant proteins is required for normal brain function, according to a new report in the August 25, 2006 issue of the journal Cell. What's more, by increasing brain ...
Stealth Attack Drains Cell Phone Batteries
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Cell phones that can send or receive multimedia files could be targeted by an attack that stealthily drains their batteries, leaving cellular communications networks useless, according to computer security researchers at ...
Obesity begins in the womb
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The obesity epidemic in the United States has spread to include children under 6 years old and particularly infants, according to a Harvard study. The study of 120,680 kids is the largest to date to report ...
New Growth in Old Eyes
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Nerve cells in the retinas of elderly mice show an unexpected and purposeful burst of growth late in life, according to researchers at UC Davis.
New book examines science of the paranormal
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Stories about paranormal experiences don't surprise Deborah Blum, a professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Blum recently published the book "Ghost Hunters: William James and ...
