Archive: 06/28/2005
Circulatory system on a chip lets scientists mimic heartbeat
A tiny chip that mimics a circulatory system—right down to the rhythm of a human heart beat—could be an invaluable tool in understanding the causes of cardiovascular disease and developing drug therapies. The system of tin ...
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Life detection instrument passes key test on road to Mars
The dry, dusty, treeless expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert is the most lifeless spot on the face of the Earth, and that's why Alison Skelley and Richard Mathies joined a team of NASA scientists there earlier ...
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Fast Network for Use on Trains and Planes
Business travelers on the go want to use the same state-of-the-art communication options they can access in their offices and at home. That’s why Siemens has developed solutions to meet this demand and is offering the technologies ...
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Scientists Create Multifunctional Brushes From Carbon Nanotubes
The nanobrushes could benefit the electronic, biomedical, and other industries Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a line of brushes whose bristles, made from carbon nanotubes, are so small that a thou ...
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Unveiling the high energy Milky Way reveals 'dark accelerators'
In the March 25th 2005 issue of Science Magazine, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) team of international astrophysicists, including UK astronomers from the University of Durham, report results ...
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Smart goggles track swimmers' laps, time
British engineering student Katie Williams developed smart goggles that help swimmers track their laps and time -- an idea Williams got when she was a lifeguard.
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Pitt, ADCUS, Inc., produce customized active RFID tags
Result will enable companies to tailor tags for their own purposes In his keynote address at today's "RFID: Hype, Reality, and Hope" conference, hosted by the Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence in Pitt's School of E ...
Jun 28, 2005 |
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High-brightness breakthrough
As a result of cooperation between Philips Lighting, Philips Research and Novaled have announced a new record for the efficiency of high-brightness white OLEDs, a new solid state lighting technology. OLEDs are expected to ...
Jun 28, 2005 |
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Cassini Reveals Lake-Like Feature on Titan
Scientists are fascinated by a dark, lake-like feature recently observed on Saturn's moon Titan. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a series of images showing a marking, darker than anything else around it. ...
Jun 28, 2005 |
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New Motorola E895 combines Linux and Java technology
Whatever your passion -- photos, games, music, or video -- the new E895 from Motorola lets you indulge, in style. Announced today at the 2005 JavaOneSM Conference, the compact Motorola E895 combines a ric ...
Jun 28, 2005 |
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HP unveils new tape backup solutions
HP today announced several new tape backup offerings for its HP Business Protection portfolio to provide small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) with affordable data protection. Chief among these are the industry's first DAT ...
Jun 28, 2005 |
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Mercury Computer Systems Teams with IBM to Build Cell Processor-Based Systems
Agreement with IBM Intended to Put Revolutionary Cell Processor in Computer Systems for Defense, Life Sciences, Seismic, and Industrial Applications Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced today that it will partner with ...
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Einstein's Relativity Theory 'Holding Up' After 100 Years, But Facing 'Competing Theories,' Duke Professor Says
This Thursday, June 30, marks the centennial of Albert Einstein’s first paper on the theory of relativity. Over the last 100 years, relativity has been vindicated in numerous experiments and technological app ...
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Brookhaven Scientists Create a New Nanostructure
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have devised a method to create a new, intriguing nanostructure: ultra-thin, ribbon-like "nanobelts" bound to nanotubes. Their ...
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Panel: NASA's shuttle efforts fall short
An advisory panel says NASA has not fully met three key safety changes it agreed to make in the wake the Columbia disaster that killed the seven-member crew.
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