InPhase Demos 515 Gigabits Per Square Inch Data Density

Electronics /

Mar 27, 2006 | 4.8 / 5 (46) | 0

InPhase Technologies announced today that it has demonstrated the highest data density of any commercial technology by recording 515 gigabits of data per square inch. Holographic storage is a revolutionary ...

High-energy physics at the highest level

Physics /

Mar 27, 2006 | 3.9 / 5 (39) | 0

It will be the most powerful particle collider on the planet. And Iowa State University physicists will be right there working with it. The European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland, is ...

Researchers get neurons and silicon talking

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.7 / 5 (31) | 1

European researchers have created an interface between mammalian neurons and silicon chips. The development is a crucial first step in the development of advanced technologies that combine silicon circuits ...

New 3D Magnetic Tweezers

Nanotechnology /

Mar 27, 2006 | 4.2 / 5 (32) | 0

Professor Gwo-Bin Vincent Lee, from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and his colleagues have manufactured three-dimensional, micromachined magnetic tweezers to manipulate DNA molecules. Their method was published in ...

Study offers new recipe for oxygen on icy moons

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (17) | 0

Some may be surprised to learn that bleach-blondes and the enabler of life elsewhere in our solar system have something in common. And, no, it's not intelligence. It is, in fact, hydrogen peroxide. But how that hydrogen peroxide ...

Rare painted Roman-era statute is found

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.1 / 5 (15) | 0

Scientists have found a Roman statue with its colors preserved, detailing for the first time a Roman woman wearing make-up, the London Times reported.

Taking a bite out of a fellow worker helps wasps recruit new foragers

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.8 / 5 (13) | 0

If you think you've got a bad boss, one who loves to chew people out, or if you work with backstabbing co-workers, be thankful you are not a wasp.

Team readies for Venus arrival

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (12) | 0

Venus Express mission controllers at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are in intensive preparation for an 11 April arrival at the spacecraft's namesake destination. The critical manoeuvre will involve a ...

Avian culling doesn't stop bird flu

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.2 / 5 (13) | 0

At least 29 nations have reported initial cases of avian influenza during the past seven weeks, reflecting the ineffectiveness of bird culling.

Coal-based jet fuel poised for next step

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.1 / 5 (13) | 0

A jet fuel comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, but derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, has successfully powered a helicopter jet engine, according to a Penn State fuel scientist. "Because the fuel is 50 percent ...

Protection asked for fossilized footprints

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.4 / 5 (12) | 0

Protection is being sought for a 290-million-year-old New Mexico archeological site where thousands of ancient fossil footprints have been discovered.

Oceanographer Sees 'Oceans of Trouble'

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Mar 27, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (10) | 0

Over the past three years, two distinguished panels - the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission - released major reports that found our oceans and coasts in serious trouble. Like the ...

Modeling the Chemical Reactions of Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology /

Mar 27, 2006 | 3.7 / 5 (12) | 0

As science enters the world of the very small, researchers will be searching for new ways to study nanoparticles and their properties. For the past several years, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

New nanotechnology analysis: tiny tech brings huge changes

Nanotechnology /

Mar 27, 2006 | 4 / 5 (10) | 0

The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) today announced its first series of new research papers in which industry experts predict profound impacts of nanotechnology on society. Eleven original essays by members of ...

Light activated anticancer drug targeted to DNA using cisplatin like sub-units

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Mar 27, 2006 | 5 / 5 (7) | 0

One of the most effective chemotherapy drugs against cancer is cisplatin because it attaches to cancer DNA and disrupts repair. However, it also kills healthy tissue. Many scientists are creating alternative drugs or cisplatin ...