Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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(AP) -- On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. It's a ... | |
Landmark discovery of 'engine' that drives cell movement October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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This research by Thomas Leung, Ph.D., and his team in the GSK-IMCB Group at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), under Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, is fundamental to the understanding ... | |
 BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology. | |
 Deep magma matters in volcanic eruption cycle October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Although the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat exhibits cycles of eruption and quiet, an international team of researchers found that magma is continuously supplied from deep in the crust but that a valve ... | |
Researchers team up to probe iron-arsenic superconductors with new instrument October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are part of collaborative team that's used a brand new instrument at the DOE's Spallation Neutron Source to probe iron-arsenic compounds, the "hottest" new find ... | |
Bad connection caused atom smasher shutdown October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A bad electrical connection likely caused the malfunction that sidelined the world's largest atom smasher days after it was launched with great fanfare, a senior scientist said Monday. | |
 Atlanta firm to develop Ohio University algae bioreactor October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta firm Green Bios Technologies has licensed a new type of algae bioreactor from Ohio University developed by internationally renowned engineering professor David Bayless. The company ... | |
 Mimicking gecko feet: Dry adhesive based on carbon nanotubes gets stronger October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal Science by a team of researchers from four U.S. institutions. | |
 Deepest living fishes caught on camera for the first time October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists filming in one of the world's deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable snailfish swarming over their bait, nearly five miles (7700 metres) beneath the surface ... | |
Researchers design artificial cells that could power medical implants October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants. | |
 Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon. | |
 Stars stop forming when big galaxies collide October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Astronomers studying new images of a nearby galaxy cluster have found evidence that high-speed collisions between large elliptical galaxies may prevent new stars from forming, according to a paper to be published ... | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have recently discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" ... | |
 Hundreds of new marine species discovered: Australian scientists October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday. | |
Mouse studies suggest daily dose of ginkgo may prevent brain cell damage after a stroke October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage after an induced stroke. | |
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