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First in New York: Bionic technology aims to give sight to woman blinded beginning at age 13
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del ...
Motorola, in need of hit, shows off Android phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Struggling phone maker Motorola unveiled its first device using Google's Android system Thursday, banking on it to power features that will attract consumers looking to use their phones to connect ...
Ann Arbor News abandons print, goes online
Jul 23, 2009 |
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The Ann Arbor News published its final edition on Thursday, the latest US newspaper to abandon print for an online future.
Ghost alps of Antarctica are glimpsed after 14 million years
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the European Alps of today, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday.
Researchers' vision: restoring sight through artificial retinas
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Scientists are testing artificial retinas that they hope can restore partial sight to people who've lost their vision to the most common causes of blindness.
Microchip is helping restore vision to the blind
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, ...
Brown Argus butterfly sees positive effects of climate change
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Jun 02, 2008 |
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The Brown Argus butterfly Aricia agestis has expanded northwards in Britain during the last 30 years. It is thought that the recent expansion of the species is due to the increasing summer temperatures caused by global warming.
China builds observatory at South Pole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2008 |
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An international team led by China has installed an automated space observatory at Dome Argus, the highest point on the South Pole.
International team establishes unique observatory in Antarctica
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2008 |
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A team of scientists representing six international institutions, including Texas A&M University, has succeeded in reaching the summit of Antarctica – also a monumental achievement for ground-based astronomy -- to establish ...
Pallid sturgeon spawning in Missouri River
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Jun 29, 2007 |
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The rare pallid sturgeon has started spawning in the Missouri River between South Dakota and Nebraska, scientists said.
Scientist Finds a New Way to the Center of the Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Humans have yet to see Earth's center, as did the characters in Jules Verne's science fiction classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth." But a new NASA study proposes a novel technique to pinpoint more ...
USC researchers begin tests on next generation of retinal implant
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Patients who have gone blind are a step closer to perhaps one day regaining some of their sight. Researchers at the University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute, announced today the next step in their efforts to ...
Lobsters Avoid Virus by Detecting Illness in Their Own Kind
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May 24, 2006 |
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Caribbean spiny lobsters are able to detect illness in others of their kind, and employ avoidance tactics to keep their population healthy, according to a paper in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
Los Angeles 'big squeeze' continues, straining earthquake faults
May 19, 2005 |
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Northern metropolitan Los Angeles is being squeezed at a rate of five millimeters [0.2 inches] a year, straining an area between two earthquake faults that serve as geologic bookends north and south of the ...
Philips' new DVD+RW reference design helps produce high-quality, low-cost DVD video recorders
Jun 27, 2004 |
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Royal Philips Electronics today announced its new Nexperia™ semiconductor reference design, offering one of the industry’s lowest system bill of materials (BOM) for DVD+RW video recorders. According to InStat/MDR, it is estimated ...
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