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Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market

Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market

Technology / Energy

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (46) | comments 5

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.





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Cryptographic voting debuts

Cryptographic voting debuts

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...


El Nino Picking Up Steam

El Nino Picking Up Steam

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.


Google Wave Client

Many computer users hesitate to ride the Wave

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Google's latest brainchild, Google Wave, is all the rage among bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts. But corporate information technology executives say that while they're intrigued by Wave -- a replacement ...


Creating 3D models with a simple webcam

Creating 3D models with a simple webcam (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Constructing virtual 3D models usually requires heavy and expensive equipment, or takes lengthy amounts of time. A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge, Qi Pan, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr ...


Researchers using excimer laser angioplasty to blast arterial blockages in heart and kidneys

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an excimer laser to widen narrowed or obstructed blood vessels in hard-to-reach areas of heart and kidney arteries may be feasible and safe, according to a study by a team of researchers from the Virginia ...


Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers ...


Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.


Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...


Hylas payload shipped to India

Hylas payload shipped to India

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, ...



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