Plenty of nothing: A hole new quantum spin
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Electronic devices are always shrinking in size but it's hard to imagine anything beating what researchers at the University of New South Wales have created: a tiny wire that doesn't even use electrons to carry a current.
In tunneling physics, a decades-old paradox is resolved
Jul 26, 2006 |
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As if the concept of quantum tunneling—where atoms pass through barriers—isn't confusing enough, one of the vexing questions within that area of physics is why particles seem to travel faster than the speed of light when ...
How Much the Eye Tells the Brain
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine estimate that the human retina can transmit visual input at about the same rate as an Ethernet connection, one of the most common local area ...
Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 26, 2006 |
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By using carbon nanotubes containing gallium for measuring temperature at the nanoscale, scientists have invented a new nanothermometer that works simply by heating and cooling the tubes.
Don’t Talk to a Friend While Reading This; Multi-Tasking Adversely Affects the Brain’s Learning Systems
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Multi-tasking affects the brain's learning systems, and as a result, we do not learn as well when we are distracted, UCLA psychologists report this week in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Where are the supermassive black holes hiding?
Jul 26, 2006 |
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European and American scientists, on a quest to find super-massive black holes hiding in nearby galaxies, have found surprisingly few. Either the black holes are better hidden than scientists realised or they ...
Samsung 4 GB solid state disk to eliminate hard drive delays in Windows Vista-powered PCs
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics today announced that a 4GB solid state disk (SSD), now being readied for production, will also serve as a high speed NAND flash cache for notebooks and PCs in conjunction with the Microsoft ...
Island Universes with a twist
Jul 26, 2006 |
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If life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you will get – the Universe, with its immensely large variety of galaxies, must be a real candy store! ESO's Very Large Telescope has taken images of ...
Not Just for Eatin': Blue Crab Nano-Sensor Detects Dangers
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 26, 2006 |
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A substance found in crab shells is the key component in a nanoscale sensor system developed by researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. The sensor can detect minute ...
I/O Magic offers 40 GB portable hard drive
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Southern California's I/O Magic has launched a 40 Gigabyte portable hard drive for use with desktop and laptop personal computers.
Pre-life molecules present in comets
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Evidence of atomic nitrogen in interstellar gas clouds suggests that pre-life molecules may be present in comets, a discovery that gives a clue about the early conditions that gave rise to life, according to researchers from ...
Lexapro lawsuit filed against Forest Labs
Jul 26, 2006 |
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A lawsuit has been filed against U.S.-based Forest Laboratories involving the deaths of two men taking the drug company's antidepressant, Lexapro.
Device determines how well wind turbines operate
Jul 26, 2006 |
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In West Texas, New Mexico, and other places around the world, wind turbines are used to generate electricity. But how can engineers determine their efficiency and health?
Space Station Set for Expansion
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2006 |
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The next part of the International Space Station might resemble a cocoon when tucked inside Space Shuttle Atlantis for flight. But by the time it's deployed in space, the segment that will provide a quarter ...
Researchers 'text mine' The New York Times, demonstrating ease of new technology
Jul 26, 2006 |
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Performing what a team of dedicated and bleary-eyed newspaper librarians would need months to do, scientists at UC Irvine have used an up-and-coming technology to complete in hours a complex topic analysis of 330,000 stories ...
