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Breakthrough: Scientists used nanotubes to send signals to nerve cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 08, 2006 |
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Texas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes -- the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells.
Mystery solved: Chemicals made Stradivarius violins unique, says professor
Nov 29, 2006 |
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Answering a question that has lingered for centuries, a team of scientists has proved that chemicals used to treat the wood used in Stradivarius and Guarneri violins are the reasons for the distinct sound produced by the ...
Rice's single-pixel camera takes high-res images
Oct 02, 2006 |
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For all their ease and convenience, there are few things more wasteful than digital cameras. They're loaded with pricy microprocessors that chew through batteries at a breakneck pace, crunching millions of ...
IBM 3D TV
Nov 11, 2005 |
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International Business Machines, a worldwide leader in technology innovation, has announced a new and affordable 3D video system that works with normal DLP (Digital Light Processing) televisions. Before now, ...
Scientists detect lowest frequency radar echo from the moon
Jan 08, 2008 |
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A team of scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Research Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and the University of New Mexico (UNM) ...
Developing Artificial Retina: Electric Link Between Neurons, Light-Sensitive Nanoparticle Films Created
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 27, 2007 |
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The world's first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and the University of Michigan. ...
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Finalized By Major Players in USB Promoter Group
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The final specifications for the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is available and a discussion of the technology is underway at the SuperSpeed USB Conference in San Jose, California. Major players in ...
When under attack, plants can signal microbial friends for help
Biology /
Oct 17, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered that when the leaf of a plant is under attack by a pathogen, it can send out an S.O.S. to the roots for help, and the roots will respond by secreting ...
Astronomers Find Origin Of Extreme-Helium Stars
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Astronomers have determined the origin of a very unusual and rare type of star. New data indicate that extreme-helium stars, as they are called, form from the merger of two white dwarfs.
Is quantum Internet search on the way?
May 06, 2008 |
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In classical computing, random access memory (RAM) is needed to make things “work.” But it is subject to a certain level of energy loss. But what if you could create low-energy quantum access memory (QRAM) that would not ...
Evidence of vast frozen water reserves on Mars: scientists
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars, says new research using ground-penetrating radar ...
Phoenix Mars Lander Inspects Delivered Soil Samples
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2008 |
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New observations from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander provide the most magnified view ever seen of Martian sol, showing particles clumping together even at the smallest visible scale.
Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down
Jun 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks ...
Mercury Flyby Sets Stage for New Discoveries
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2008 |
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"Discoveries are at hand!" That's what members of the MESSENGER science team are saying after their spacecraft flew past Mercury on Jan. 14th at a distance of only 124 miles. The historic flyby netted 500 ...
Understanding Moonquakes
Mar 16, 2006 |
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NASA astronauts are going back to the moon and when they get there they may need quake-proof housing. That's the surprising conclusion of Clive R. Neal, associate professor of civil engineering and geological ...
