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Engineers Closing the Gap Between High-Speed Data Transmission and Processing

Engineers Closing the Gap Between High-Speed Data Transmission and Processing

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have achieved world-record speeds for real-time signal processing in an effort to meet ambitious goals set by the Defense Advanced ...





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Source of drug-tolerant tuberculosis possibly behind TB relapses, intensity of treatment

Biology /

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Pittsburgh-led researchers discovered that the primary bacteria behind tuberculosis can grow on surfaces and that drug-tolerant strains flourish in these bacterial communities, the research team recently reported ...


Researchers Find Source of Drug-Tolerant Tuberculosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Pittsburgh-led researchers discovered that the primary bacteria behind tuberculosis can grow on surfaces and that drug-tolerant strains flourish in these bacterial communities, the research team recently reported ...


Need New Look? Online Makeover is fan-taaz-tic

Need New Look? Online Makeover is fan-taaz-tic

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 18, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Thanks to a Jacobs School startup company whose site, Taaz.com went live today, the cosmetics counter isn't the only place to try out the latest makeup trends. The new way is easier, faster, and much more ...


U of M study shows physical activity reduces risk of hypertension in young adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 12, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Young adults who spend more time participating in physical activity have a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure within the next 15 years, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.


Engineers Try to Bring Down the House During Simulated Earthquake Tests

Engineers Try to Bring Down the House During Simulated Earthquake Tests

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California at San Diego put a single-story house to the test on January 26 via a series of strong simulated earthquake shakes. The first jolt to the wood-stud ...


Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly ...


Space is 'current frontier' for engineer working on next-gen wireless technologies

Space is 'current frontier' for engineer working on next-gen wireless technologies

Technology / Engineering

created May 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Bhaskar Rao is a space explorer, though he is no astronaut. The electrical engineer from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering explores the “space frontier” that has opened up with the emergence of MIMO ...


Single photon detector wins UC San Diego engineering research competition

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 27, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

With a flash of light, photons simultaneously fly toward the face of a person waiting to be identified for security purposes. The packets of light bounce off the face and land on a specially engineered photon sensor that ...


Foods, not specific nutrients, may be key to good health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 0

In a recent academic review, a University of Minnesota professor in the School of Public Health has concluded that food, as opposed to specific nutrients, may be key to having a healthy diet.


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UCSD Robots Take Center Stage at National Robotics Conference

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Novel agile robots created by mechanical engineers at UC San Diego recently made their way to Austin, Texas, and took center stage during a keynote address at NI Week , the annual robotics extravaganza hosted ...



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