New visualization techniques yield star formation insights
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New computer visualization technology developed by the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in deep space's ...
Economy may be dim, but technological innovation on the horizon for 2009
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A recession doesn't mean the death of innovation in the consumer tech industry. Consider 2001. During that recession, Apple Inc. introduced the iPod, Microsoft Corp. rolled out its original Xbox video game console, broadband ...
Grape-seed extract kills laboratory leukemia cells, proving value of natural compounds
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An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia cells had died after being ...
Hubble telescope to get last tuneup during International Year of Astronomy
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From troubled beginnings nearly 18 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy and its stunning images have stirred the imaginations of people around the globe.
Bright lights, not-so-big pupils
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A team of Johns Hopkins neuroscientists has worked out how some newly discovered light sensors in the eye detect light and communicate with the brain. The report appears online this week in Nature.
Trapped water cause of regular tremors under Vancouver Island
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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University of British Columbia researchers are offering the first compelling evidence to explain regular tremors under Vancouver Island.
Scientists pull protein's tail to curtail cancer
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When researchers look inside human cancer cells for the whereabouts of an important tumor-suppressor, they often catch the protein playing hooky, lolling around in cellular broth instead of muscling its way ...
VuNow Sends Free Internet Video Directly to Your TV
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 31, 2008 |
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Verismo's VuNow is an affordable solution for video lovers that sends free internet video content directly to your Television set. VuNow only takes a minute to connect, just plug in the AC power, connect your ...
Scientists make strides toward defining genetic signature of Alzheimer's disease
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Scientists have new information about the complex genetic signature associated with Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of cognitive decline and dementia in the elderly. The research, published by Cell Press in the January ...
Prices for flat-screen TVs will not go higher
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Don't fret if there wasn't an HDTV under your tree. (Let's pretend it would have fit.) If you were like me this holiday season, it took considerable effort to get beyond the TV department at the nation's retailers. I was ...
Researchers prove food safety to help commercialize irradiation technology
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Michigan State University researchers are helping a technology startup company improve the safety of leafy greens and other foods as more consumers seek to eat fresh and healthy.
Green technology is on the rise, despite recession
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It seems so easy in the IBM commercial. An underling explains to her pessimistic boss how their company will save millions of dollars with "green" technology. "Where do I sign?" he asks, as happy music erupts and cartoon ...
A happy new year for penguins
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The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal marine park recently ...
In lung cancer, silencing one crucial gene disrupts normal functioning of genome
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While examining patterns of DNA modification in lung cancer, a team of international researchers has discovered what they say is a surprising new mechanism. They say that "silencing" of a single gene in lung cancer led to ...
Researchers engineer pancreatic cell transplants to evade immune response
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In a finding that could significantly influence the way type 1 diabetes is treated, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a technique for transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic ...
