IBM researchers demonstrate world's fastest optical chipset
Mar 26, 2007 |
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At the 2007 Optical Fiber Conference, IBM scientists will reveal a prototype optical transceiver chipset capable of reaching speeds at least eight times faster than optical components available today.
New 'biofuel cell' produces electricity from hydrogen in plain air
Mar 26, 2007 |
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A pioneering “biofuel cell” that produces electricity from ordinary air spiked with small amounts of hydrogen offers significant potential as an inexpensive and renewable alternative to the costly platinum-based fuel cells ...
New study warns about multitasking
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Several reports published in the United States are highlighting the limits of multitasking in the office and beyond.
Meat and two neutrons -- the key to a longer life
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Indulging in an isotope-enhanced steak or chicken fillet every now and again could add as much as 10 years to your life. Scientists have shown for the first time that food enriched with natural isotopes builds bodily components ...
Toddlers engage in 'emotional eavesdropping' to guide their behavior
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Little children never cease to amaze. University of Washington researchers have found that 18-month-old toddlers engage in what they call "emotional eavesdropping" by listening and watching emotional reactions directed by ...
New metal crystals, formed on a cotton assembly line
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Appropriating cellulose fibers from cotton and crystallizing them, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have grown never-before-seen configurations of metal crystals that show promise as components ...
Of mites, muck and the rise and fall of the Inca
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered a way to better explore the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Inca - thanks to a tiny mite found preserved in the mud at the bottom of a sacred Peruvian lake.
Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice Mysteries
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Greenland is cold and hot. It's a deep freezer storing 10 percent of Earth's ice and a subject of fevered debate. If something should melt all that ice, global sea level could rise as much as 7 meters (23 feet). ...
Using an iPod while Driving: Drexel Professor Studies Impact on Driver Performance
Mar 26, 2007 |
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iPods have a significant effect on driver performance, according to Drexel University professor of computer science Dario Salvucci, who recently conducted a preliminary study to determine the effects of iPod ...
Iowa State to unveil the most realistic virtual reality room in the world
Mar 26, 2007 |
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You're high above the desert peaks. Your Predators are approaching their targets. Information from instruments, cameras and radar is before your eyes. And with the help of 100 million pixels of bright and vivid ...
Two-photon absorbing molecules fabricate polymer features just 65 nanometers wide
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Producing three-dimensional polymer line structures as small as 65 nanometers wide just became easier with new two-photon absorbing molecules that are sensitive to laser light at short wavelengths, allowing ...
Immune response to cancer stem cells may dictate cancer's course
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Although stem cells hold incredible promise in the fight against certain diseases, in cancer they're anything but helpful. In fact, mounting evidence is showing that a tumor's growth and spread may depend on "cancer stem ...
Wealth of new results from AKARI infrared sky-surveyor
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Fantastic new images and clues about stars at different stages of their evolution, and interstellar material hosting black holes, are just a few of the latest results obtained by AKARI, the newest infrared ...
Maggots make a comeback in Mexico
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Doctors in Mexico are beginning to use a centuries-old and cost effective treatment for the healing of wounds -- maggot therapy.
We can have ‘win-win’ on security vs. privacy
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 26, 2007 |
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People think there has to be a choice between privacy and security; that increased security means more collection and processing of personal private information. However, in a challenging report to be published on Monday ...
