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Climate models confirm more moisture in atmosphere attributed to humans

Climate models confirm more moisture in atmosphere attributed to humans

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (22) | comments 64

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to using climate models to assess the causes of the increased amount of moisture in the atmosphere, it doesn't much matter if one model is better than the other.


New experiment could reveal make-up of the universe

New experiment could reveal make-up of the Universe

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the universe.


Understanding how weeds are resistant to herbicides

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a little over seven hours, University of Illinois weed scientist Patrick Tranel got more genetic information about waterhemp than in two years time in a lab. The genetic information was obtained using pyrosequencing technology ...


BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Se ...


Iron isotopes as a tool in oceanography

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New research involving scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) highlights the potential utility of iron isotopes for addressing important questions in ocean science. The findings are published ...


An inner 'fingerprint' for personalizing medical care

An inner 'fingerprint' for personalizing medical care

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fingerprints move over. Scientists are reporting evidence that people have another defining trait that may distinguish each of the 6.7 billion humans on Earth from one another almost as surely as the arches, ...


'Long-haired' water moulds are the most virulent

'Long-haired' water moulds are the most virulent

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The water mould Saprolegnia can cause skin disease in salmon during its freshwater phase. The mould attacks both fish and eggs and has at times caused great economic loss for the fish farming industry, both in ...


Software to unlock the power of grids

Software to unlock the power of grids

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge amount of computing power sits idle most of the time, and new technologies enabling the sharing of resources aim to capitalise on that. Now European researchers have developed software ...


New advance in revolutionary 'bullet fingerprinting' technique

New Advance in Revolutionary 'Bullet Fingerprinting' Technique

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways.


Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears (AP)

Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jul 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards ...


Capturing cell 'fingerprints' to advance cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Northeastern University have developed an early-stage, highly accurate cancer screening technology that determines -- in seconds -- whether a cell is cancerous, precancerous or normal.


TSMC Unveils First Commercial 65-Nanometer Multi-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory Technology

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announced the foundry segment’s first functional 65-nanometer multi-time programmable (MTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) process technology.


Explosives prevent technology theft

Explosives prevent technology theft

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Product piracy causes billions worth of damage worldwide. A combination of visible and invisible copy protection is really effective against this. Explosive embossing is an economical procedure and can be ...


Formation of the smallest droplet of acid

Formation of the smallest droplet of acid

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) ...


Robotic ferret will detect hidden drugs and weapons

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A new type of robot being developed will make it easier to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers.