News tagged with architecture
Bell Labs breaks optical transmission record, 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). ...
Visualizing the Aztecs
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today's visitor to the British Museum can see structures ...
IBM Announces Highest Performance Embedded Processor for System-on-Chip Designs
Sep 15, 2009 |
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IBM today announced the industry's highest performance, highest throughput processor for system-on-chip (SoC) product families in the communication, storage, consumer, and aerospace and defense markets.
IBM Scientists Effectively Eliminate Wear at the Nanoscale
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists have demonstrated a promising and practical method that effectively eliminates the mechanical wear in the nanometer-sharp tips used in scanning probe-based techniques. This discovery can potentially ...
'Immersive Dome' -- don't just watch, join the action
Aug 14, 2009 |
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The "Immersive Dome" puts viewers at the heart of the action and lets them actively participate. Instead of the conventional surround sound, a three-dimensional aural experience awaits visitors. At IBC, the ...
FalconView Mapping Software Goes Open Source
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has released an open-source version of its popular FalconView software. The program displays topographical maps, aeronautical charts, satellite images ...
Structure of protective protein in the eye lens revealed
Jul 31, 2009 |
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The human eye lens consists of a highly concentrated mix of several proteins. Protective proteins prevent these proteins from aggregating and clumping. If this protective function fails, the lens blurs and ...
Ancient hunting site may rest under Lake Huron
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Deep beneath Lake Huron, signs of the Great Lakes' first human settlers are emerging.
New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio (w/Video)
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio ...
Report identifies early childhood conditions that lead to adult health disparities
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The origins of many adult diseases can be traced to early negative experiences associated with social class and other markers of disadvantage. Confronting the causes of adversity before and shortly after birth may be a promising ...
HP Enables New Field of Flexible Electronics with Reflective Display Technology
Jun 01, 2009 |
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HP today announced the launch of a new display technology for the personalization of consumer electronics products.
3-D research model tackles prostate cancer spread
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Shirly Sieh, a PhD student at IHBI, is studying the way cancer cells escape from the prostate through the bloodstream to form tumour colonies, most often in the spine and long bones.
When every photon counts
Apr 20, 2009 |
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The eyes of nocturnal mammals contain particularly large numbers of the highly light-sensitive rods, the photoreceptor type used for night vision. This allows the detection of light levels millions of times ...
Cloud computing: a new horizon
Apr 16, 2009 |
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The outlook is bleak for laptops, hard drives and desktops - clouds are on the horizon and could change the way we use computers forever. For some, the ‘cloud’ is just the latest technological craze, but for ...
A secret to night vision found in DNA's unconventional 'architecture'
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered an important element for making night vision possible in nocturnal mammals: the DNA within the photoreceptor rod cells responsible for low light vision is packaged in a very unconventional way, ...
