Archive: 02/27/2007
Sony Announces New W-Series Cameras, Brings HD Photo Viewing
Sony Electronics today announced a new line of digital cameras featuring a high-definition component output. These new Cyber-shot W-series cameras offer direct connection to a High-Definition TV, which is ideal ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Researchers safely regenerate failing mouse hearts with programmed embryonic stem cells
Mayo Clinic researchers have safely transplanted cardiac preprogrammed embryonic stem cells into diseased hearts of mice successfully regenerating infarcted heart muscle without precipitating the growth of a cancerous tumor ...
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Brain maps online
Digital atlases of the brains of humans, monkeys, dogs, cats, mice, birds and other animals have been created and posted online by researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience.
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Single photon detector wins UC San Diego engineering research competition
With a flash of light, photons simultaneously fly toward the face of a person waiting to be identified for security purposes. The packets of light bounce off the face and land on a specially engineered photon sensor that ...
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Big storms more important than thought
U.S. researchers have determined typhoons and hurricanes are the dominant cause of mixing between the Earth's troposphere and stratosphere.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2007 |
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NASA undersea mission planned for May
NASA said it will send two physicians and two astronauts into the ocean off Florida to test space medicine concepts and moon-walking techniques.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Fruit fly hearts similar to human hearts
U.S. scientists say Drosophila fruit fly research may lead to new treatments for heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized nations.
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Space station safety report is issued
The International Space Station Safety Task Force issued its final report Tuesday, giving good marks to station safety and crew health issues.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Studies Shed New Light on Blue Whales and Their Calls
Using a variety of new approaches, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are forging a new understanding of the largest mammals on Earth.
Biology /
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Scientists invent real-life 'tricorder' for chemical analysis
Purdue University researchers have created a handheld sensing system its creators liken to Star Trek's "tricorder" used to analyze the chemical components of alien worlds. But the system could have down-to-earth applications, ...
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Atlantis Rolls Back From Launch Pad
NASA officials have confirmed that Atlantis Space Shuttle will roll back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for further assessment after yesterday's hail storm. Additional details will be available later today.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Mathematicians unlock major number theory puzzle
Mathematicians have finally laid to rest the legendary mystery surrounding an elusive group of numerical expressions known as the "mock theta functions." Number theorists have struggled to understand the functions ever since ...
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Consumer confidence edges up, but housing makes big picture volatile
Relatively cheap gas prices, a record high stock market and low unemployment all contributed to a rise in Floridians’ consumer confidence by two points to 91 in February, four points higher than at the same time a year ago, ...
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Termite digestion findings could lead to new strategies for ethanol production
As scientists search for alternatives to fossil fuel, producing chemical energy from wood fiber has become something of a Holy Grail — but termites have been working this alchemy for millions of years.
Biology /
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Smoking increases risk of TB infection, study finds
People who smoke have a greater risk of becoming infected with tuberculosis (TB) and of having that infection turn into active TB disease, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Feb 27, 2007 |
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