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Silk-based optical waveguides meet biomedical needs
Aug 31, 2009 |
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There is a growing need for biocompatible photonic components for biomedical applications - from in vivo glucose monitoring to detecting harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are of ...
Study finds better way to protect streams from construction runoff
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have found an exponentially better way to protect streams and lakes from the muddy runoff associated with stormwater around road and other construction projects.
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The search for 'green' gold in the Amazon rain forest
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, Cornell ...
Apple pectin, apple juice extracts shown to have anticarcinogenic effects on colon
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The apples and apple juice you consume may have positive effects in one of the most unlikely places in the body – in the colon. New research has demonstrated that both apple pectin and polyphenol-rich apple juice components ...
Want FiOS from Your Cable Company? Motorola Can Help
May 08, 2007 |
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Motorola on Monday unveiled a cable passive optical network (PON) solution intended to provide an upgrade path for cable-based broadband companies to shift to fiber.
Whitefly spreads emerging plant viruses
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Jan 18, 2007 |
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A tiny whitefly is responsible for spreading a group of plant viruses that cause devastating disease on food, fiber, and ornamental crops, say plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological Society (APS).
Eat and exercise to a thinner waist
Oct 20, 2006 |
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Those things mamas across the United States say -- it's a meal not a race, eat more vegetables, go play outside -- really help battle the waistline bulge.
Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...
Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods' (w/ Video)
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream ...
'Flexible camera' replaces lens with fiber web
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a soldier's uniform made of a special fabric that allows him to look in all directions and identify threats that are to his side or even behind him. In work that could turn such science ...
Low-tech tools take out phones in Silicon Valley
Apr 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this ...
Fabrics that fight germs, find explosives go to market
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.
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