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Brain on a chip?

(PhysOrg.com) -- How does the human brain run itself without any software? Find that out, say European researchers, and a whole new field of neural computing will open up. A prototype 'brain on a chip' is ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 2




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Penn State team's QR code wins REACH Challenge

"Real-Time Care Experience Feedback Using QR Codes," a Penn State project that allows hospital patients to inform hospital personnel of their experiences -- good or bad -- in real time, is the winner of the 2012 REACH Developer ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blue marble 2012: Amazing high definition image of Earth

A new high-definition version of the ‘Blue Marble’ has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite. The just-renamed Suomi NPP satellite took numerous images on January 4, 2012 and this ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 14

IBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives in the next five years (Update)

Today IBM formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (25) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Study of comic books helps Stanford scholars identify cultural trends

Robots and mythical creatures battle each other in cartoon-like drawings spread across a table. A crowd gathers around to take a closer look at the vibrantly colored images from the pages of the award-winning ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Facebook tacking online conflicts with compassionate touch

Facebook wants to grow more heart. The social media giant copes with a flood of complaints about objectionable photos, bullying hateful comments and other postings.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dashing through the snow, in a one-truck radar dish

SCHUSS. The term for a straight, downhill ski run. In the land of the Greatest Snow on Earth--Utah--SCHUSS is also the moniker for storm-chasing, Old Man Winter-style.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Notre Dame, Purdue and GE Healthcare partner on "ultra low" radiation-dose, high clarity CT technology

Demonstrating their shared legacy of innovative research and commitment to patient-centered medical technology, the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University and GE Healthcare have announced the commercial ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New database for vital model organism launched

A new database promises to be an invaluable resource to scientists who use a unique single-celled fungus to study human diseases.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When inflexibility is counterproductive: Mechanism of UV-induced DNA Dewar lesion revealed

Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of sunlight can result in skin damage and may even induce skin cancers. Irradiation with UV light causes mutations in the DNA, which can interfere with or even inhibit the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whales in the desert: Fossil bonanza poses mystery

(AP) -- More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 8


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