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Solar cell shipments in Japan hit record high in April-June

Technology / Energy

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Demand for solar cells has been growing rapidly in Japan with a record generating capacity of 83,260 kilowatts shipped to the domestic market between April and June, up 82.5 percent from the same quarter last year, a private-sector ...


Frequency of Atlantic hurricanes doubled over last century

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 30, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (22) | comments 0

About twice as many Atlantic hurricanes form each year on average than a century ago, according to a new statistical analysis of hurricanes and tropical storms in the north Atlantic. The study concludes that warmer sea surface ...


Explained: RNA interference

Explained: RNA interference

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Every high school biology student learns the basics of how genes are expressed: DNA, the cell’s master information keeper, is copied into messenger RNA, which carries protein-building instructions to the ribosome, ...


Sharp Introduces 65V-Inch Digital HDTV the World's Largest LCD Model

Sharp Introduces 65V-Inch Digital HDTV the World's Largest LCD Model

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created Jun 03, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sharp Corporation announces the introduction into the Japanese market of the LC-65GE1 AQUOS 65V-Inch Digital High-Definition LCD TV, the world’s largest LCD model. The LC-65GE1 features a full-spec high-definition LCD ...


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Direct evidence of role of sleep in memory formation is uncovered

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

A Rutgers University, Newark and Collége de France, Paris research team has pinpointed for the first time the mechanism that takes place during sleep that causes learning and memory formation to occur.


New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals.


Firm offers downloadable mobile upgrades

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created Mar 15, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some Vodafone 3G customers in Japan will soon be able to upgrade their phones without setting foot in a service center, thanks to an agreement with Red Bend.


Sharp's New LCD Offers Industry's Highest Contrast Ratio

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created Oct 03, 2005 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed a "Mega-Contrast" Advanced Super View Premium LCD that defies conventional wisdom to deliver an unprecedented contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 the highest level in the industry.


Danish nanowires have great potential

Danish nanowires have great potential

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly ...


Sharp Develops New Technology to Blend Plant-Based Plastic with Waste Plastic

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created Jul 11, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed a new technology to blend plant-based plastic that uses corn as the raw material, and waste plastic recovered from scrapped consumer electronics. Using a mix of plant-based plastic and was ...


Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.


Sharp 2-Megapixel CCD Camera Module

Sharp Develops 2-Megapixel CCD Camera Module for Mobile Phones with New 2X Optical Inner Zoom Lens

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created Sep 17, 2004 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed a new 2-megapixel CCD camera module featuring a 2X optical inner zoom lens. Intended for use in high-end camera-equipped mobile phones, the new LZ0P3738 will be available in ...


Sharp Develops Two New 3-Megapixel CCD Camera Modules for Mobile Phones

Sharp Develops Two New 3-Megapixel CCD Camera Modules for Mobile Phones

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created Aug 29, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed two new 3-megapixel CCD camera modules intended for use in camera-equipped mobile phones. The two camera modules feature a built-in autofocus function and the new LZ0P3758 features, ...


Balance between traditional activities, tourism key to sustaining coastal Alaska communities

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When Lee Cerveny arrived in coastal southeast Alaska in 1999, she intended to interview local women about their relationship with the natural environment. She soon found, however, that women she met were more interested in ...


Sharp and Danger, Inc. Agree to Collaborate in Wireless PDAs for North America and Europe

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created Jul 25, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sharp Corporation and Danger, Inc.(*1) have agreed to collaborate in developing, manufacturing, and distributing wireless PDAs for North America and Europe.