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New smart e-book system more convenient than paper-based books

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced today that its research team headed by Professor Howon Lee from the IT Convergence Research Institute has developed a technology that will ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

G19 keyboard goes way beyond typing

It seems like the ordinary is no longer acceptable when it comes to the ordinary things we attach to our computers these days. For example, I'll bet the computer mouse you are using is at the very least an ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (18) | comments 6

Improving the security of Internet exchanges

(PhysOrg.com) -- TLS is the main protocol used today to secure exchanges over the Internet. The protocol has been subject to attacks in recent years, resulting in identity theft and data tampering. To address these problems, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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The power of estrogen -- male snakes attract other males

A new study has shown that boosting the estrogen levels of male garter snakes causes them to secrete the same pheromones that females use to attract suitors, and turned the males into just about the sexiest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover potential key to lowering energy costs of cell phones and data centers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A systematic analysis of power usage in microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cellphones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deadly bird parasite evolves at exceptionally fast rate

A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast rate. What's more, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Secrets of immune response illuminated in new study

When disease-causing invaders like bacteria infect a human host, cells of various types swing into action, coordinating their activities to address the threat.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

University of Minnesota and start-up to develop antidote to cyanide poisoning

Cyanide poisoning is often fatal and typically affects victims of industrial accidents, terrorist attacks, or structural fires. Based on research conducted at the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, startup ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Potentially important new mechanisms found anti-aging effects of resveratrol

A well-conducted experimental study in mice has provided potentially important new insights into the association of the intake of resveratrol and like compounds with health benefits. Resveratrol is a constituent of red wine ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen from acidic water: Researchers develop potential low cost alternative to platinum for splitting water

A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Flexible paper robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- These inexpensive robots can stretch, bend and twist under control, and lift objects up to 120 times their own weight. Being soft, they can apply gentle and even pressure, and adapt to varied ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

FDA outlines path for lower-priced biotech drugs

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Anyone can learn to be more inventive, cognitive researcher says

There will always be a wild and unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, because an "Aha moment" is rare and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast


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