Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 26, 2007 |
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A prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers has been developed by researchers in the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. Capable of computing speeds 100 ...
Transparent transistors to bring future displays, 'e-paper'
Jun 26, 2007 |
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Researchers have used nanotechnology to create transparent transistors and circuits, a step that promises a broad range of applications, from e-paper and flexible color screens for consumer electronics to "smart cards" and ...
Back-to-Back b Baryons in Batavia
Jun 26, 2007 |
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have announced the observation of the cascade b baryon-again.
Swift sees double supernova in galaxy
Jun 26, 2007 |
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In just the past six weeks, two supernovae have flared up in an obscure galaxy in the constellation Hercules. Never before have astronomers observed two of these powerful stellar explosions occurring in the ...
Researchers reverse symptoms in mice of leading inherited cause of mental retardation
Jun 26, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have, for the first time, reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice.
Electrified cells don't get dizzy
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Jun 26, 2007 |
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An unusual but simple direct electrical connection between neighbouring nerve cells enables a neuronal network in the fly’s flight control centre to detect rotational axes. The system remains stable, even ...
Thinking Big about Space Telescopes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2007 |
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NASA's next moon rocket is still on the drawing board, but already scientists are dreaming up big new things to do with it.
Chemists advance organic semiconductor processing
Jun 26, 2007 |
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Any machinist will tell you that a little grease goes a long way toward making a tool work better. And that may soon hold true for plastic electronics as well.
Researchers report that gene therapy awakens the brain despite blindness from birth
Jun 26, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated that gene therapy used to restore retinal activity to the blind also restores function to the brain’s visual center, a critical component of seeing.
Frog molecule could provide drug treatment for brain tumors
Jun 26, 2007 |
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A synthetic version of a molecule found in the egg cells of the Northern Leopard frog (Rana pipiens) could provide the world with the first drug treatment for brain tumours.
How fish punish 'queue jumpers'
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Jun 26, 2007 |
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Fish use the threat of punishment to keep would-be jumpers in the mating queue firmly in line and the social order stable, a new study led by Australian marine scientists has found.
Nanoparticles carry chemotherapy drug deeper into solid tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 26, 2007 |
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A new drug delivery method using nano-sized molecules to carry the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin to tumors improves the effectiveness of the drug in mice and increases their survival time, according to a study published online ...
Biotech breakthrough could end biodiesel's glycerin glut
Jun 26, 2007 |
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With U.S. biodiesel production at an all-time high and a record number of new biodiesel plants under construction, the industry is facing an impending crisis over waste glycerin, the major byproduct of biodiesel production. ...
IBM labs eye giving cars 'reflexes'
Jun 26, 2007 |
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IBM researchers are looking into ways to give cars “reflexes” that would reduce traffic congestion and help prevent accidents. The scientists are exploring technology that would let vehicles exchange information with each ...
Sex in the morning or the evening?
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Jun 26, 2007 |
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Most research on sexual conflict ignores the fact that the fitness pay-offs of mating may change drastically over a short timescale, for example over a single day.
