New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip.
Physicists pioneer new super-thin technology (Update)
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create a new type of technology, which could be used to make super-fast electronic components and speed up the development of drugs.
Slowly does it as giant magnet goes underground at CERN
Feb 28, 2007 |
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At 5:00 am GMT this morning the heaviest piece of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) particle detector began a momentous journey into its experimental cavern, 100 metres underground at CERN, Geneva. You can watch ...
Angry? Breathing Beats Venting
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2007 |
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While it is a common assumption that an angry person needs to blow off steam or risk going through the roof, research in psychology shows just the opposite. According to University of Arkansas psychologist Jeffrey M. Lohr, ...
Fats into jet fuel -- NC State 'green' technology licensed
Feb 28, 2007 |
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New biofuels technology developed by North Carolina State University engineers has the potential to turn virtually any fat source – vegetable oils, oils from animal fat and even oils from algae – into fuel to power jet airplanes.
NASA's robotic sub readies for dive into Earth's deepest sinkhole
Feb 28, 2007 |
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An underwater robot, shaped like a flattened orange, maneuvered untethered and autonomously within a 115-meter-deep sinkhole during tests this month in Mexico, a prelude to its mission to probe the mysterious ...
New evidence that global warming fuels stronger Atlantic hurricanes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Atmospheric scientists have uncovered fresh evidence to support the hotly debated theory that global warming has contributed to the emergence of stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Scientists make major discovery to advance regenerative medicine
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Scientists at Forsyth may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a stage in its development when it is normally impossible. Using ...
Key protein for hepatitis C virus entry identified
Feb 28, 2007 |
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For as many as 200 million people worldwide infected with hepatitis C, a leading cause of chronic liver disease, treatment options are only partially effective. But new research by Rockefeller University scientists ...
Disease Causing Irish Potato Famine Came From South America, Scientist Says
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Feb 28, 2007 |
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Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered that the fungus-like pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish potato famine originally came from the Andes of South America.
Light wine intake is associated with longer life expectancy in men
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Drinking a little alcohol every day, especially wine, may be associated with an increase in life expectancy. That’s the conclusion of Dutch researchers who reported the findings of their study today at the American Heart ...
Fast and slow -- How the spinal cord controls the speed of movement
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Using a state-of-the-art technique to map neurons in the spinal cord of a larval zebrafish, Cornell University scientists have found a surprising pattern of activity that regulates the speed of the fish’s movement. The research ...
Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge
Feb 28, 2007 |
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When five autonomous vehicles, including the Stanford Racing Team's winning entry "Stanley," finished the 2005 Grand Challenge in the still Nevada desert, they passed a milestone of artificial intelligence. ...
Defining Planets
Feb 28, 2007 |
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In 2005, Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology and his team discovered a large body in the outer solar system. It was not the first distant object that had been found in the Kuiper Belt -- ...
New AMD 690 series chipset released
Feb 28, 2007 |
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AMD today introduced the AMD 690 series chipset, the company’s first chipset to bring together the combined strengths of AMD CPU and platform technology with the industry-leading features of the ATI Radeon ...
