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Microswimmers" make a big splash for improved drug delivery
They may never pose a challenge to Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, but the "microswimmers" developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom could break a long-standing barrier to improving delivery of medications ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Biochip measures glucose in saliva, not blood
For the 26 million Americans with diabetes, drawing blood is the most prevalent way to check glucose levels. It is invasive and at least minimally painful. Researchers at Brown University are working on a ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Microsoft advocates new WiFi-NC to make use of white spaces in spectrum
(PhysOrg.com) -- Four years ago, the FCC began allowing limited use of the so-called white spaces in the electromagnetic spectrum that is shared by all wireless devices (in the United States). The white spaces ...
Landsat satellites track Yellowstone's underground heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yellowstone National Park sits on top of a vast, ancient, and still active volcano. Heat pours off its underground magma chamber, and is the fuel for Yellowstone's famous features -- more ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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Bing hitches holiday hopes to Rudolph the reindeer
(AP) -- Like Santa Claus on that one foggy Christmas Eve, Microsoft has summoned Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to guide some precious cargo - a holiday marketing campaign for its Bing search engine.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook
(AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.
Nov 04, 2011 |
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An antibiotic effect minus resistance
After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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New way to funnel light could have infrared applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking light control to a new level, scientists have proposed a technique for confining light into an area just 1/500th the size of the light's wavelength. Since funneling light through su ...
Scientists examine the flow of liquid at the contact between randomly rough surfaces
A team of scientists from Italy and Germany has recently developed a model to predict the friction occurring when a rough surface in wet conditions (such as a road on a rainy day) is in sliding contact with a rubber material ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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China mulls microblog limits before party meeting
(AP) -- China's Communist Party is preparing for its biggest policy meeting of the year by ratcheting up pressure on social media sites that have fast become forums for information and public expression beyond ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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New mystery on Mars' forgotten plains
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the supposedly best understood and least interesting landscapes on Mars is hiding something that could rewrite the planet's history. Or not. In fact, about all that is certain is that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2011 |
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