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Samsung to Produce World's Fastest XDR DRAM

Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced that it has begun mass producing 256Mb XDR (short for "eXtreme Data Rate") DRAM, a next-generation memory device for multimedia applications. ...

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Future generation mobile terminals

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research institute, has announced that Samsung Electronics Co. LTD., the world's leading information and communications technologies (ICT) company, has ...

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Scientific Circle: Novel Approach Yields Predictions Validated by Experiments on Key Cell Signalling Pathways

Coming full circle has new meaning for researchers who demonstrated a promising new approach integrating scientific experimentation and mathematical modeling to study a key signaling pathway that helps cells decide whether ...

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Expedition 10 Spacewalkers Outfit Station's Exterior

The two International Space Station crewmembers successfully wrapped up their mission's first spacewalk Wednesday morning after setting up experiments and inspecting vent openings. Commander Leroy Chiao and ...

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15-Inch XGA LCD Module with Ultra-Advanced, Super-Fine TFT Technology for High-End Industrial Use

NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. today announced that sample shipments of its 15-inch (38cm-diagonal) extended graphics array, thin film transistor, ("XGA TFT") color liquid crystal display ("LCD") module, part number ...

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Playing with Light and Color

Assemblies of blue-green iridium and red europium complexes undergo energy transfer and emit white light Complexes of the rare earth element (lanthanide) europium have the ability to emit red light over a longer time sp ...

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Cooling system could aid emergency personnel in high-heat heat conditions

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working on an insulation system that firefighters and other emergency personnel can wear to provide cool insulation when they are working in very ...

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Bleak first results from the world’s largest climate change experiment

Greenhouse gases could cause global temperatures to rise by more than double the maximum warming so far considered likely by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to results from the world’s largest ...

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Welcome to the Smart Lab

Chemists at the University of Southampton will soon be monitoring their experiments from a more comfortable place than a lab stool. In the final stage of a pioneering IBM project to wire their lab for remote control the researchers ...

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Caution urged for switch to internet phones

Federal agencies and other organizations that are considering switching their telephone systems to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) should proceed with caution and carefully consider the security risks, says a recent report* ...

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National Academy honors 17 for major contributions to science

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has selected 17 individuals to receive awards honoring their outstanding scientific achievements. The awards will be presented on May 2 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., during the ...

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Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a way to overcome one of the major hurdles in gene therapy for cancer: its tendency to kill normal cells in the process of eradicating cancer cells. In a n ...

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Novel nanotechnology detects human DNA mutations

Rapid enzyme-free platform allows robust gene identification without gene amplification Researchers at Nanosphere, Inc. today reported unprecedented benefits in the company's technology for the medical analysis of human DNA ...

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Engineers improving programs needed for nuclear reactor safety

Researchers from Purdue University, government and the nuclear power industry are improving three computer programs that are critical to preventing disasters such as the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. The complex pro ...

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Gentler processing may yield better molecular devices

A simple, chemical way to attach electrical contacts to molecular-scale electronic components has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The recently patented ...

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