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New software to improve design tools
Jan 13, 2009 |
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A team of Carnegie Mellon University engineers led by Levent Burak Kara and Kenji Shimada have developed software that will let engineers design new products by simply sketching their ideas on a tablet computer.
Carnegie Mellon engineering researchers automate analysis of protein patterns
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May 12, 2008 |
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Carnegie Mellon University’s Justin Y. Newberg and Robert F. Murphy have developed a software toolbox that is intended to help bioscience researchers characterize protein patterns in human tissues.
Google acquires Web security firm reCAPTCHA
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google announced on Wednesday that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud.
Carnegie Mellon engineers create mobile video service
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon University engineering faculty, Priya Narasimhan and Rajeev Gandhi, and their students have created a new, unique large-scale mobile wireless video service designed to enhance sports fans' experience at games. ...
'Last Lecture' prof's program to be updated
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Carnegie Mellon University will release an updated version of the animation-based software developed by late "last lecture" professor Randy Pausch to teach computer programming.
Carnegie Mellon researchers create new scanning system
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2007 |
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Indiana Jones, step aside. Carnegie Mellon University’s Yang Cai is developing new technology that could revolutionize the way archeologists work.
Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical ...
Cells are like robust computational systems
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Gene regulatory networks in cell nuclei are similar to cloud computing networks, such as Google or Yahoo!, researchers report today in the online journal Molecular Systems Biology. The similarity is that each system keeps ...
Green catalysts provide promise for cleaning toxins and pollutants
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Tetra-Amido Macrocyclic Ligands (TAMLs) are environmentally friendly catalysts with a host of applications for reducing and cleaning up pollutants, and a prime example of "green chemistry." Carnegie Mellon University's Terry ...
Scientists: No link cloud coverage and global warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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With the U.S. Congress beginning to consider regulations on greenhouse gases, a troubling hypothesis about how the sun may impact global warming is finally laid to rest.
Engineers unveil new lighting solutions
Jun 09, 2009 |
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A study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers argues that new lighting technologies can be a key player in the portfolio of strategies needed to promote energy efficiency and to help reduce the emission of greenhouse ...
Engineers devise new process to improve energy efficiency of ethanol production
Jan 26, 2007 |
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Carnegie Mellon University Chemical Engineers have devised a new process that can improve the efficiency of ethanol production, a major component in making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply.
Researchers apply new statistical test: Particulate matter reaches downtown Pittsburgh
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon University's Cliff I. Davidson, Joseph B. Kadane and Nanjun Chu have found that polluted air in the highly populated East End areas of Pittsburgh are more affected by major sources to the city's southeast ...
Researchers Create 'Invisibility Cloak' For Colloidal Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 06, 2008 |
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Carnegie Mellon University’s Michael Bockstaller and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski have created a version of Harry Potter’s famed “invisibility cloak” for nanoparticles.
Scientists study how climate change impacts food production
Apr 21, 2008 |
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The old adage, “We are what we eat,’’ may be the latest recipe for success when it comes to curbing the perils of global climate warming. Despite the recent popular attention to the distance that food travels from farm to ...
