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Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper

Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (57) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, ...


Sony XEL-1 OLED 11-inch TV

LG & Sony: See Visions of OLED TVs On Christmas Morning 09

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 9

Slow down or low down financial catastrophe is not going to spoil the high-end entertainment products industry next Christmas. LG confirmed its plans to deck the halls with an OLED display by Christmas 2009. ...


CELL REGZA 55X1

Toshiba Unveils the CELL REGZA 55X1, First LCD TV Integrating the Cell Broadband Engine

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Toshiba Corporation today unveiled the future of home entertainment, the CELL REGZA 55X1.





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Studying how black holes grow

Studying how black holes grow

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Black holes are some of the most exotic objects in the universe. They are the final evolutionary stage of giant stars much larger than the sun. When these stars explode, their cores collapse down to the size ...


RIM 3Q profit up 59 pct, record BlackBerry sales (AP)

RIM 3Q profit up 59 pct on record BlackBerry sales

Technology / Business

created 20 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. surprised Wall Street on Thursday as it reported a 59 percent increase in third-quarter income, boosted by new subscribers and record sales of its smart phones.


Research finds happiest US States match a million Americans' own happiness states

Research finds happiest US States match a million Americans' own happiness states

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 22 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

New research by the UK's University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US into the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens have revealed their personal happiness levels closely correlate ...


Breathlessness eased in patients with rare, often fatal disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with a rare, deadly disease that mostly affects young women felt a dramatic reduction in breathlessness using an approved drug, according to study results published online today in The Journal of Heart and Lung Tr ...


Researchers discover new 'golden ratios' for female facial beauty

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 10

Beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder but also in the relationship of the eyes and mouth of the beholden. The distance between a woman's eyes and the distance between her eyes and her mouth are key factors in determining ...


Warming climate chills Sonoran Desert's spring flowers

Warming climate chills Sonoran Desert's spring flowers

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Global warming is giving a boost to Sonoran Desert plants that have an edge during cold weather, according to new research.


Astronomers find super-Earth using amateur, off-the-shelf technology

Astronomers Find Super-Earth Using Amateur, Off-the-Shelf Technology (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. They found the distant planet with a small fleet of ground-based ...


Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles ...


Mid-Century Model Homes Helped Shape Domestic Ideals

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher examined trends in model houses in the post-World War II era and found that they represent a transformation in cultural and domestic life that continues to influence housing ...


Miracle light: Can lasers solve the energy crisis?

Technology / Energy

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Next year will mark the 50th birthday of the laser, one of the most productive and widely used mega-inventions of the last century. Scientists hope that 2010 also will see the launch of laser technology's greatest challenge: ...



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