![]() Flies' eyes could enhance robot visionRobots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect’s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of tasks more quickly and accurately ... |
Genetic 'tag team' keeps cells on cycleBy surveying the activity of thousands of genes at several different time points, researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy have uncovered new evidence that a network of influential genes act as a kind ... |
![]() Rocks under the northern ocean are found to resemble ones far southScientists probing volcanic rocks from deep under the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean have discovered a special geochemical signature until now found only in the southern hemisphere. The rocks were dredged ... |
![]() Scientists make chemical cousin of DNA for use as new nanotechnology building blockIn the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust. |
![]() On shaky ground: UH Prof finds geological faults threaten HoustonAfter finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region’s builders and city planners. |
Aspire36, Aspire Lite supplements recalledThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of Aspire36 and Aspire Lite dietary supplements due to a safety issue. |
![]() Unique Martian formation reproduced, reveals brief bursts of waterBlacksburg, Va. – Researchers from the United States and the Netherlands report that several formations on Mars indicate incidents of rapid release of water from the planet’s interior. |
![]() Amazing minaturized 'SIDECAR' drives Webb telescope's signalMany technologies have become so advanced that they've been miniaturized to take up less space and weigh less. That's what happened to detector controls and data conversion electronics on the James Webb Space ... |
Very large array retooling for 21st-century scienceAn international project to make the world's most productive ground-based telescope 10 times more capable has reached its halfway mark and is on schedule to provide astronomers with an extremely powerful new tool for exploring ... |
![]() Past greenhouse warming events provide clues to what the future may holdIf carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels continue on a "business-as-usual" trajectory, humans will have added about 5 trillion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere by the year 2400. ... |
![]() Astronomers discover scaled-down Jupiter and Saturn in a faraway solar system like our ownAn international team of astronomers has discovered two planets that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn in a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away. The find suggests that our galaxy hosts ... |
![]() IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHzAt today’s IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC introduced its prototype of a 60GHz multiple antenna receiver, and invites industry to join its 60GHz research program. The 60GHz band offers ... |
New kind of transistor radios shows capability of nanotube technologyCarbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it. |
Technique enhances digital television viewing for visually-impairedJan 15, 2008 | pda version
Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that people with low vision can improve their ability to see and enjoy television with a new technique that allows them to enhance the contrast of images of people ... |
New buffer resists pH change, even as temperature dropsResearchers at the University of Illinois have found a simple solution to a problem that has plagued scientists for decades: the tendency of chemical buffers used to maintain the pH of laboratory samples to lose their efficacy ... |