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The auto change bicycle
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Jo ...
An 'electric' future for Formula 1 gearboxes?
Oct 03, 2008 |
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Bristol University student, Niall Oswald, has won the e2v Award for the Best Electronic Engineering Student at the 2008 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Awards for his final-year research project, ...
Scientists invent 1.2nm molecular gear
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), led by Professor Christian Joachim, have scored a breakthrough in nanotechnology by becoming the first in the world to invent a molecular gear ...
Clearwire adds Chinese company to supplier list
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Huawei, a Chinese company that is edging into the U.S. market for telecommunications gear as a competitor to Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent, has scored another contract win.
Help for climate-stressed corals
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Banning or restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help the world's coral reefs and their fish populations survive the onslaughts of climate change according to a study by the ARC Centre ...
Astronauts gear up for first spacewalk of mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's moving and spacewalking day in orbit.
Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends
Mar 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Monitoring for endangered right whales off New York harbor is ending because the project has lost financing in the current budget crunch.
During exercise, the human brain shifts into high gear on 'alternative energy'
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Alternative energy is all the rage in major media headlines, but for the human brain, this is old news. According to a study by researchers from Denmark and The Netherlands published in the October 2008 print issue of The FA ...
Astronauts pack trash, surplus gear for ride home
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station are nearly finished packing up a moving van for return to Earth in a few days.
Right whale sedation enables disentanglement effort
Mar 11, 2009 |
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On Friday, March 6, 2009, for the first time ever, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, was administered a sedation mixture that made it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent ...
John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars - Brett Favre and Michael Vick - joining NFL rosters. No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men ...
Marine debris will likely worsen in the 21st century
Sep 19, 2008 |
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Current measures to prevent and reduce marine debris are inadequate, and the problem will likely worsen, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. The United States and the international ...
Sony unveils new PSP Go
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Sony on Tuesday unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to Nintendo's freshly-launched DSi devices.
Spin cycle: a new kind of washer (Video)
Feb 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In many developing countries, electricity is unreliable or unavailable and water must be carried by hand, so conventional modern washing machines are not an option. Washing clothes can take ...
School's Stresses Can Trigger Mood Disorders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the school year kicking into full gear, mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression can start to manifest themselves -- and parents need to be on the lookout for them in their ...
