 Super Talent Introduces a 128Gb SSD for Under $300 September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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If you have been waiting for the price of Solid State Drives (SSD) to come down in price, the time has finally come. Super Talent has introduced their 128Gb, 2.5-inch, SATA II "MasterDrive LX" for the affordable ... | |
Peer-to-peer networking takes internet out of the equation October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When people working on a project get together with their laptops and PDAs, they share information via the internet and a client server. But new software developed by European researchers allows independent, ... | |
 Researchers propose minocycline as a promising drug for patients with Fragile X syndrome October 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A UC Riverside-led team of biomedical scientists has found that a readily available drug called minocycline, used widely to treat acne and skin infections, can be used to treat Fragile ... | |
 New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader. | |
Scientists identify a molecule that coordinates the movement of cells October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Even cells commute. To get from their birthplace to their work site, they sequentially attach to and detach from an elaborate track of exceptionally strong proteins known as the extracellular matrix. Now, in research to appear ... | |
 This is your grid on brains October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Managing power networks in the future may involve a little more brain power than it does today, if researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology succeed in a new project that ... | |
Religion makes people helpful and generous -- under certain conditions: UBC researchers October 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Belief in God encourages people to be helpful, honest and generous, but only under certain psychological conditions, according to University of British Columbia researchers who analyzed the past three decades of social science ... | |
Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak' October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences. | |
Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Center for Paralysis ... | |
 Review: Xpaper eases digitizing of paper documents October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Promises of the paperless office have been circulating ever since the first IBM clones started showing up on desks in the early 1980s. Yet we're still tied to printed documents and there's no sign ... | |
Researchers track Chernobyl fallout October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and dispersed over the Soviet Union, Europe and even eastern ... | |
 When It Comes to Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There's an old saying in astronomy: "Galaxies are like people. They're only normal until you get to know them." That view is supported by a group of astronomers after using NASA's Hubble Space ... | |
Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Birth size, and in particular birth length, correlates with subsequent risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ... | |
 Like an arrow: Jumping insects use archery techniques September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Froghoppers, also known as spittlebugs, are the champion insect jumpers, capable of reaching heights of 700 mm - more than 100 times their own body length. Research published today in the open access journal ... | |
Researchers document world's mammals in crisis 17 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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From majestic African elephants to tiny and often unappreciated rodents, mammals on Earth are in a state of crisis. One in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction, according to the Global Mammal Assessment, ... | |
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