IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unveiled today, the third annual "IBM Next Five in Five" is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years.
Strong, lightweight green material could replace concrete, but contains no cement
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Each year, coal-burning power plants, steel factories and similar facilities in the United States produce more than 125 million tons of waste, much of it fly ash and bottom ash left over from ...
Sweet molecule could lead us to alien life
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have detected an organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life, in a region of our galaxy where habitable planets could exist. The discovery, part funded ...
Finding could lead to advance in nano-surgery
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the problems with laser surgery is that the heat produced can damage tissue, and even lead to cell death. Attempts are being made to replace laser surgery with non-thermal plasma interaction, ...
Nanomanufactured polymer film could lead to lower-cost solar cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You never know where basic research may lead. For decades materials scientists have been experimenting with a corkscrew-like polymer structure called a gyroid. Now an international team of ...
'Missing link' galaxies discovered
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Astronomers at The University of Nottingham have identified a type of galaxy that could be the missing link in our understanding of galaxy evolution.
Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and ...
To Make Better MRI Images, Let The Atoms Spin Out Of Control
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Researchers in Ohio and France have solved a longstanding scientific mystery involving magnetic resonance -- the physical phenomenon that allows MRI instruments in modern hospitals to image tissues deep within ...
Meteorite search update: 10-ton rock responsible for fireball in Western Canada last week
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Investigation of the fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on November 20 has determined that an asteroid fragment weighing approximately 10 tonnes entered the Earth's atmosphere over ...
New 'barcode chip' allows cheap, fast blood tests
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Nov 25, 2008 |
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A new "barcode chip" developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) promises to revolutionize diagnostic medical testing. In less than 10 minutes, and using just a pinprick's ...
Why C is not G: How we identify letters
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 25, 2008 |
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The next time you are reading a book, or even as you read this article, consider the words that you are seeing. How do you recognize these words? Substantial research has shown that while reading, we recognize words by their ...
Neutron Researchers Discover Widely Sought Property in Magnetic Semiconductor
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic—as opposed to electronic—property of specially ...
Superglue from the sea: Synthetic sea worm glue may mend shattered knee, face bones
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Sandcastle worms live in intertidal surf, building sturdy tube-shaped homes from bits of sand and shell and their own natural glue. University of Utah bioengineers have made a synthetic version ...
Agent-based computer models could anticipate future economic crisis
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 25, 2008 |
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As the stock market continues its dive, economists and business columnists have spilled a lot of ink assigning responsibility for the ongoing financial calamity. While hindsight might be clear as day, researchers at the U.S. ...
A Best Friend of Humanity: The African Giant Pouched Rat
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The African Giant Pouched Rats, Cricetomys gambianus have been trained to methodically sniff out land mines in war-torn regions of Africa. Apopo International based in Antwerp, Belgium is ...
