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Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light Physics / Physics 3 hours ago \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray ...

Single photon detectors for telecommunications wavelengths Physics / Physics 6 hours ago \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Practically speaking, single photon detection has not been something pursued very heavily at the wavelengths used for telecommunication signals. Part of the problem is that performance of single photon detectors are rather ...

Stop & Shop Supermarket Chain Goes Hi-Tech Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets 6 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Your next trip to Stop & Shop may be little more than just placing items into your wagon and paying for them at the cashier's checkout counter.

Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing' Technology / Other 23 hours ago \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a "visual computing era."

FAA outage reveals odd computing practices Technology / Other 2 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays this week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul. ...

World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer Medicine & Health / Research 2 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells.

Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences 2 hours ago \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that's easy to miss. It's called the Loop Current, and hurricane trackers say Gustav ...

Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain General Science / Chemistry 3 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the middleman in the complex chemical reaction that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. The study ...

Breakthrough could help combat superbugs General Science / Biology 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects bacteria against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like C. difficile and MRSA.

Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula Space & Earth science / Astronomy 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to data from ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory, scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are accelerated ...

Scientists create DNA tubes with programmable sizes for nanoscale manufacturing Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a simple process for mass producing molecular tubes of identical--and precisely programmable--circumferences. The technological feat may allow ...

Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cuba, US Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences 4 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane after leaving up to 78 people dead in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav Technology / Telecom 4 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- The tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country's wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks.

Diversity among parasitic wasps is even greater than suspected General Science / Biology 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A tiny wasp that lays its eggs under the skin of unwitting caterpillars belongs to one of the most diverse groups of insects on Earth. Now researchers report that its diversity is even higher than previously ...

Study shows more genes are controlled by biological clocks General Science / Biology 6 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The tick-tock of your biological clock may have just gotten a little louder. Researchers at the University of Georgia report that the number of genes under control of in living things than suspected only a few years ago. ...

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Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light Physics / Physics 3 hours ago \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray ...

Single photon detectors for telecommunications wavelengths Physics / Physics 6 hours ago \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Practically speaking, single photon detection has not been something pursued very heavily at the wavelengths used for telecommunication signals. Part of the problem is that performance of single photon detectors are rather ...

Stop & Shop Supermarket Chain Goes Hi-Tech Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets 6 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Your next trip to Stop & Shop may be little more than just placing items into your wagon and paying for them at the cashier's checkout counter.

Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing' Technology / Other 23 hours ago \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a "visual computing era."

FAA outage reveals odd computing practices Technology / Other 2 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays this week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul. ...

World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer Medicine & Health / Research 2 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells.

Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences 2 hours ago \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that's easy to miss. It's called the Loop Current, and hurricane trackers say Gustav ...

Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain General Science / Chemistry 3 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the middleman in the complex chemical reaction that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. The study ...

Breakthrough could help combat superbugs General Science / Biology 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects bacteria against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like C. difficile and MRSA.

Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula Space & Earth science / Astronomy 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to data from ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory, scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are accelerated ...

Scientists create DNA tubes with programmable sizes for nanoscale manufacturing Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a simple process for mass producing molecular tubes of identical--and precisely programmable--circumferences. The technological feat may allow ...

Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cuba, US Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences 4 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane after leaving up to 78 people dead in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav Technology / Telecom 4 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- The tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country's wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks.

Diversity among parasitic wasps is even greater than suspected General Science / Biology 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A tiny wasp that lays its eggs under the skin of unwitting caterpillars belongs to one of the most diverse groups of insects on Earth. Now researchers report that its diversity is even higher than previously ...

Study shows more genes are controlled by biological clocks General Science / Biology 6 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The tick-tock of your biological clock may have just gotten a little louder. Researchers at the University of Georgia report that the number of genes under control of in living things than suspected only a few years ago. ...

Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light

Single photon detectors for telecommunications wavelengths

Stop & Shop Supermarket Chain Goes Hi-Tech

Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing'

FAA outage reveals odd computing practices

World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer

Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms

Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain

Breakthrough could help combat superbugs

Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula

Scientists create DNA tubes with programmable sizes for nanoscale manufacturing

Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cuba, US

Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav

Diversity among parasitic wasps is even greater than suspected

Study shows more genes are controlled by biological clocks

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