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Samsung Introduces SPF-87H -- UltraThin Touch of Color Photo Frame

Samsung Introduces UltraThin Touch of Color Photo Frame

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the release of the SPF-87H Photo Frame. With a slim screen depth of 23 mm (.91 inches) and 1 GB of internal memory, the SPF-87H can store up to 3,000 photos, while being ...


P2370L

Samsung Launches Super-Thin LED Monitor

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced the addition of a super-thin LED monitor to its 'Touch of Color' (ToC™) family - the P2370L.


Decrease-radix design principle for multi-valued logic units and its application

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A new theory referred to as the Decrease-Radix Design is proposed. And based on this theory, the regulations of making multi-valued logic operation units are presented. The theory has laid down a solid foundation for the ...


Food scientists confirm commercial product effectively kills bacteria in vegetable washwater

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Research conducted by food science faculty at the University of Idaho and Washington State University indicate that a commercially available fruit and vegetable wash, when used in a food-manufacturing setting, can dramatically ...


More on mate tea: lower cholesterol and an international agreement

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 23, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

When a study in her lab showed that mate (mah’ tā) tea drinkers had experienced a significant increase in the activity of an enzyme that promotes HDL (good) cholesterol while lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol, University ...


The slow-spin zone at the core of the sun

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 24, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The dense, hot, radioactive core of the Sun rotates significantly more slowly than the layer next to it, the radiative zone, a Stanford solar physicist has concluded.


The explainer: P vs. NP -- The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open

P vs. NP -- The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 5

In the 1995 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson finds a portal to the mysterious Third Dimension behind a bookcase, and desperate to escape his in-laws, he plunges through. He finds himself wander ...


Trees facilitate wildfires as a way to protect their habitat

Trees facilitate wildfires as a way to protect their habitat

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fire is often thought of something that trees should be protected from, but a new study suggests that some trees may themselves contribute to the likelihood of wildfires in order to promote their own abundance ...


Permafrost carbon content double the old estimates

Permafrost carbon content double the old estimates

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 12, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (27) | comments 21

New research indicates that the amount of frozen organic carbon locked away in the world’s permafrost regions – a major potential source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) – is double what ...


Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly

Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (52) | comments 14

Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. ...


Origins of wolverine in California genetically verified

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A wolverine first photographed by a remote-controlled camera on the Tahoe National Forest in February 2008 is most closely related to Rocky Mountain populations, according to a team of 10 federal, state and university scientists.


Air quality tested in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

New method for tracing metal pollution back to its sources

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.


Rice sociologist looks at pediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear in the current edition ...


Red-hot research could lead to new materials

Red-hot research could lead to new materials

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent experiments to create a fast-reacting explosive by concocting it at the nanoscopic level could result in more spectacular firework displays. But more impressive to the Missouri University ...


Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline

Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern ...