Water, nanoelectronics will mix to create ultra-dense memory storage
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Excessive moisture can typically wreak havoc on electronic devices, but now researchers have demonstrated that a little water can help create ultra-dense storage systems for computers and electronics.
Micro-pump is cool idea for future computer chips
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Engineers at Purdue University have developed a tiny "micro-pump" cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip that circulates coolant through channels etched into the chip.
More evidence for 'stripes' in high-temperature superconductors
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Apr 26, 2006 |
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An international collaboration including two physicists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has published additional evidence to support the existence of "stripes" in high-temperature ...
MIT chemist discovers secret behind nature's medicines
Apr 26, 2006 |
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MIT scientists have just learned another lesson from nature. After years of wondering how organisms managed to create self-medications, such as anti-fungal agents, chemists have discovered the simple secret.
New Windows tool checks for piracy
Apr 26, 2006 |
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In an attempt to curb piracy of its Windows operating system, Microsoft Tuesday put out a tool that checks whether a PC is running a copy of Windows that is fully licensed.
Space-based supercomputer in design at Los Alamos
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced funding of a new space payload which dramatically increases on-orbit computational capabilities.
Galaxies Don Mask of Stars in New Spitzer Image
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A pair of dancing galaxies appears dressed for a cosmic masquerade in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared picture shows what looks like two icy blue eyes staring through an elaborate, ...
Researchers gain new insight into strength of crystalline industrial materials
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A team of 11 researchers, including 10 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and one at Stanford University, has gained a fundamental new insight into the physical strength of crystalline materials, which ...
'Uniquely human' component of language found in gregarious birds
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Although linguists have argued that certain patterns of language organization are the exclusive province of humans — perhaps the only uniquely human component of language — researchers from the University of ...
U.S. political climate boosts creationists
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The U.S. political climate is bolstering the view of creationists who dispute claims that Earth is up to 4.5 billion years old, a Dallas anthropologist says.
Study: How the brain masks alcohol impact
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Dartmouth College researchers say they've discovered more about how the brain works to mask or suppress the impact alcohol has on motor skills.
A flying carpet might take us to Pluto
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A U.S. scientist says a giant solar panel unfurled in space like a carpet might one day make space flights possible without using nuclear propulsion.
Ancient Patagonian rodent DNA provides clues to the evolution of social behavior
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A rare Patagonian rodent known as the colonial tuco-tuco fascinates biologists because it seems to defy all odds. This threatened species has so little genetic diversity that the slightest whiff of climate ...
New software is next wave for net surfers
Apr 26, 2006 |
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With an estimated 12 billion websites online, it's not always easy finding the exact site you want. However, University of Alberta computer scientists have developed software they believe will make surfing the Web faster ...
The Web: Webcasting a 'viable' secondary market
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The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Television Group is making a major foray into Internet television -- this spring and summer -- but the aggressive marketing move may be premature, experts are telling United Press International's ...
