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Computing with a wave of the hand

Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...


3-D microchips for more powerful and environmentally friendly computers

3-D microchips for more powerful and environmentally friendly computers

Technology / Semiconductors

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Not so long ago our computers had a single core which had to be boosted for performance - making each machine into a great central heating system. Beyond 85° C, however, electronic components become unstable. ...


Sucking Up To Survive

Sucking Up To Survive

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Shrink a human being down to the size of an insect, and you would no longer be able to sip lemonade from a straw. The forces that hold liquid together would simply be too great to overcome at that tiny scale.


The Meandering Channels of Mars

The Meandering Channels of Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Sinuous channels on the Martian surface may be evidence of relatively recent rainfall. Researchers plan to test this hypothesis by studying sinuous streams on Earth.


Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (37) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- The genetically modified cyanobacterium consumes carbon dioxide and produces the liquid fuel isobutanol by using energy from sunlight.


Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are front and center in finding out how farming affects emissions of the green house nitrous oxide (N2O).


mars surface

Rare Scottish mineral may indicate life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (21) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists is looking for clues about life on Mars in an earthy clay mineral found only in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.


Entropy alone creates complex crystals from simple shapes, study shows

Entropy alone creates complex crystals from simple shapes, study shows

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study that elevates the role of entropy in creating order, research led by the University of Michigan shows that certain pyramid shapes can spontaneously organize into complex quasicrystals.


New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals.


Prof gets messages from space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Barbara Frisken received several messages from outer space this year on her answering machine.



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