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Indian firm launches handset with 'AAA' battery power

An Indian mobile phone company has launched a low-cost handset that uses commonly available AAA-sized batteries aimed at the hundreds of millions who live in areas where power supplies are erratic.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New method for detecting explosives

A group of researchers in Tennessee and Denmark has discovered a way to sensitively detect explosives based on the physical properties of their vapors. Their technology, which is currently being developed into prototype devices ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Davos wowed by device that reads 'code of life' in hours

It was the talk of Davos, grabbing the imagination of a forum otherwise shrouded in gloom: a miracle machine that cracks the code of life within hours and could revolutionise healthcare.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Violin and subatomic particle duet set to be performed at leading UK particle physics lab

One of the world’s leading physics laboratories is set to stage a unique musical duet between a violinist and radioactive subatomic particles later this month.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inexpensive sensor gives advance warning of catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed an inexpensive sensor that can warn of impending catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries. The ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Navy researchers investigate small-scale autonomous planetary explorers

Robotic exploration to remote regions, to include distant planetary bodies, is often limited by energy requirements to perform, in repetition, even the simplest tasks. With this in mind, researchers at the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify lipid profile characteristic of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A journal article showcasing results of lipidomics analyses for identifying novel biomarkers of diabetes conducted at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was selected as "Editor's Choice" ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New synthetic molecules treat autoimmune disease in mice

A team of Weizmann Institute scientists has turned the tables on an autoimmune disease. In such diseases, including Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's tissues. But the scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Need a new material? New tool can help

Thanks to a new online toolkit developed at MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, any researcher who needs to find a material with specific properties — whether it’s to build a better ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

NASA 'Smart SPHERES' tested successfully on international space station

(PhysOrg.com) -- In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered and delivered motion data to its astronaut handler for the first time via a new smartphone controller. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Wheelchair transformer draws viewers at Tokyo show

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel attachment that is designed for an ordinary wheelchair can turn the chair into a “power-coaster” with electric drive. The transformed manual wheelchair into an electric wheelchair ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog


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