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Robots primed for 'are you being served' role in Arabic

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls.


Intel, Micron Achieve Industry’s Most Efficient NAND Product Using 3-Bit-Per-Cell Technology

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology today announced the development of a new 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology, leveraging their award-winning 34-nanometer NAND process. The chips are typically ...


Toshiba to launch 32nm process NAND flash memory

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), ...


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Agreement reached on common 'plug' for electric cars: firm

Technology / Energy

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 28

Leading automotive and energy companies have reached agreement on a common "plug" to recharge electric cars, a spokeswoman for German energy company RWE said Sunday.





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Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (32) | comments 25

Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science.


Growth Hormone Stimulator May Help Combat Frailty in Older Adults

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigational drug that stimulates the body to produce more growth hormone improves lean muscle mass and physical function in older adults, potentially helping to combat frailty, according to researchers ...


Precision measurement of W boson mass portends stricter limits for Higgs particle

Precision measurement of W boson mass portends stricter limits for Higgs particle

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have achieved the world's most precise measurement of the mass of the W boson by a ...


Equivalence principle in space test

Equivalence principle in space test

Physics / General Physics

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 3

Since Galileo Galilei and Newton, the assumption is valid that inert and heavy mass are equivalent. This is, however, questioned by new physical theories such as the String theory. Now, the equivalence principle ...


Fast, cheap melamine detector duo will outfox dairy frauds

Chemistry /

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two easy-to-use new ways of detecting melamine on the production line are reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Communications.


Muscling in on type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research by kinesiology investigator Dustin Hittel, PhD, has proven that muscle in extremely obese individuals produces large amounts of a protein called myostatin, which normally inhibits muscle growth--suggesting that for ...


Study links obesity to elevated risk of ovarian cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new epidemiological study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight. Published in the ...


Green but costly, hybrid buses far from mass production

Technology / Energy

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

Fuel-efficient and environmentally-friendly, hybrid buses starred at a public transportation congress in Vienna this week, but they still face a long road before becoming cost-effective on a mass scale.


It takes guts to build bone, Columbia scientists discover

It takes guts to build bone, Columbia scientists discover

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bone growth is controlled in the gut through serotonin, the same naturally present chemical used by the brain to influence mood, appetite and sleep, according to a new discovery from researchers ...


Explosives prevent technology theft

Explosives prevent technology theft

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Product piracy causes billions worth of damage worldwide. A combination of visible and invisible copy protection is really effective against this. Explosive embossing is an economical procedure and can be ...



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