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Fujifilm Introduces DVD+R Double Layer Media; New Technology Doubles Existing DVD Recording Capacity to 8.5 GB

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. today announced the addition of 8.5 GB DVD+R Double Layer (DL) recordable discs to the company's portfolio of recording and storage products. The new media was designed for the new double-layer ...

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Gold Quantum Dots: Fluorescing "Artificial Atoms" Could Have Applications in Biological Labeling, Nanoscale Optoelectron

A new class of water-soluble quantum dots made from small numbers of gold atoms could be the basis for a new biological labeling system with narrower excitation spectra, smaller particle size and fluorescence ...

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Fujifilm Introduces DVD 1X-16X Media with New, Proprietary Dye

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. today announced that the Fujifilm DVD+R 1X-16X optical media would be available in the U.S. market in September. The media is among the industry's first optical technologies to offer a disc capable ...

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What actually influences air pollution over the Indian Ocean?

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry detect substantial pollution of the atmosphere during periods between summer or winter monsoons Using a combination of satellite observations and computer modelling, r ...

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$411,000 grant to fund robot-replacing technology

Florida Institute of Technology and Univeristy of Dayton collaborate on grant The tables are being turned on robots. Once feared to be stealing jobs from people, now robots will have jobs taken from them. A project of Flor ...

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Internal Beagle 2 Failure Investigation

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft dropped the tiny, 30-kilogram Beagle 2 lander onto the Martian surface on December 25, 2003. Beagle 2 carried a powerful suite of instruments that it would ...

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2GB High-Speed Sony Memory Stick Pro

Entire Line-up Offers Reliable Performance Under Wider Temperature Range Sony Electronics is providing Memory Stick PRO™ media users with an expanded range of enhanced media that not only offers higher capaci ...

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Lumileds, Sony Develop Groundbreaking LED Backlight Technology

Lumileds Lighting announced today that its high-power Luxeon(R) LEDs are illuminating the world's first LED backlight for LCD home televisions. The Luxeon lit system delivers the most vivid colors ever seen on ...

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Research and Markets: LCD Processing: Challenges, Directions, Markets: Japan Dominating the LCD market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of LCD Processing: Challenges, Directions, Markets to their offering. This technology-marketing report examines and projects the technologies involved in the fabrication of Liquid C ...

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NanoDynamics Carbon Nanotube Patent: New Processing Method Advances Potential for Commercial Success of Carbon Nanotubes

NanoDynamics, a leading nanotechnology organization and manufacturer of superior nanomaterials, announced today it has received a United States Patent, which covers the use of sol-gel processing, a well established metho ...

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Nanogen Issued Patent for Enhancing Molecular Biological Reactions

Nanogen, Inc., developer of molecular and point-of-care diagnostic products, announced today that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,780,584, "Electronic Systems and Component Devices for Macroscopic and Microscopic Molecular ...

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Intel Funds WiMax Development to Replace WiFi

Speakeasy, a national independent broadband services provider, has received a strategic investment from the Intel Communications Fund, managed by Intel Capital. Speakeasy will use the capital to help expand network endeavors rel ...

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Computer hard drives perform better, last longer with novel polyester lubricant

Much discussed among computer circles is the so-called end of Moore's Law and its predictions of ever-smaller circuits. Less known is a challenge facing the next generation of hard disk drives: lubricant coatings that can h ...

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Molecular assemblies created to convert water to hydrogen gas

Wonder where the fuel will come from for tomorrow's hydrogen-powered vehicles? Virginia Tech researchers are developing catalysts that will convert water to hydrogen gas. The research will be presented at the 228th Americ ...

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Semiconductor Market Grow 27 Percent in 2004

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $226 billion in 2004, a 27.4 percent increase from 2003 revenue, according to the latest quarterly update by Gartner, Inc. While the market will experience strong growth ...

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