News tagged with access
What Comes After Hard Drives?
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. ...
The clear future of electronics
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A group of scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has fabricated a working computer chip that is almost completely clear -- the first of its kind. The new technology, called transparent resistive ...
'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...
Where does consciousness come from?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Consciousness arises as an emergent property of the human mind. Yet basic questions about the precise timing, location and dynamics of the neural event(s) allowing conscious access to information are not clearly and unequivocally ...
Ultra-wideband radio rides a beam of light
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Multiple high-definition videos and other data-rich services may soon stream through homes, offices, ships and planes via new hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems developed by European ...
Courier: Microsoft's New 'Booklet' (w/ Video)
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has been secretly developing a prototype booklet-shaped tablet PC called the Courier, according to an exclusive report in the gadget blog "Gizmodo".
Rsearchers discover brain's memory 'buffer' in single cells
Jan 25, 2009 |
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Individual nerve cells in the front part of the brain can hold traces of memories on their own for as long as a minute and possibly longer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
African-American Canadians who receive kidney transplants fare better than those in US
Oct 29, 2008 |
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African American kidney disease patients in both Canada and the United States are less likely than Caucasian Americans to have access to kidney transplants, but only African-Americans in the United States have worse health ...
Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year.
Australia joins push for open access to particle physics
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Australia has joined SCOAP3, an international consortium that aims to provide free access to major particle physics journals world-wide. Six of the Group of Eight universities in Australia have agreed to participate in the ...
Toshiba Develops World's Highest-Bandwidth, Highest Density Non-volatile RAM
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced the prototype of a new FeRAM -- Ferroelectric Random Access Memory -- that redefines industry benchmarks for density and operating speed. The new chip realizes storage of ...
OrbiTouch keyboard: Removing the barriers of autism
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Autism can build a wall of poor communication between those struggling with the condition and their families. While a personal computer can help bridge the divide, the distraction and complexity of a keyboard ...
Free articles get read but don't generate more citations
Jul 31, 2008 |
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When academic articles are "open access" or free online, they get read more often, but they don't -- going against conventional wisdom -- get cited more often in academic literature, finds a new Cornell study.
Outdoor enthusiasts scaring off native carnivores in parks
Jul 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even a quiet stroll in the park can dramatically change natural ecosystems, according to a new study by conservation biologists from the University of California, Berkeley. These findings could have important ...
Novel publishing approach puts textbook in more hands
Biology /
Oct 16, 2008 |
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For the first time, a new edition of a major textbook will be simultaneously released in print and free online in a novel approach to publishing that permits the textbook to reach a wider audience.
