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Caltech scientists control complex nucleation processes using DNA origami seeds

Scientists control complex nucleation processes using DNA origami seeds

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The construction of complex man-made objects--a car, for example, or even a pizza--almost invariably entails what are known as "top-down" processes, in which the structure and order of the thing being built ...


Caltech researchers awarded $10M for molecular programming project

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program has awarded $10 million to the Molecular Programming Project, a collaborative effort by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University ...





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Robots show that brain activity is linked to time as well as space

Biology /

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Humanoid robots have been used to show that that functional hierarchy in the brain is linked to time as well as space. Researchers from RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, have created a new type of neural network model ...


Researchers produce 'neural fingerprint' of speech recognition

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Scientists from Maastricht University (Netherlands) have developed a method to look into the brain of a person and read out who has spoken to him or her and what was said. With the help of neuroimaging and data mining techniques ...


Strictly ballroom analysis: Computers get to know their rumba from their cha-cha-cha

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music archivists with large numbers ...


Blur's noise and distortion reversed

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Errant pixels and blurry regions in a photo, whether digital or scanned, are the bane of photographers everywhere. Moreover, in vision processing research degraded photos are common and require restoration to a high-quality ...


Determining responsibility and assigning punishment governed by different brain systems

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study reveals that humans use different neural mechanisms for determining criminal responsibility and assigning an appropriate punishment. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 11th issue of the journal ...


Researchers Use Nanowires to Develop Neural Probe That Will Limit Damage to Cells and Biological Tissue

Researchers Use Nanowires to Develop Neural Probe That Will Limit Damage to Cells and Biological Tissue

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a neural probe that demonstrates significantly greater electrical charge storage capacity than all other neural prosthetic ...


This is your grid on brains

This is your grid on brains

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Managing power networks in the future may involve a little more brain power than it does today, if researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology succeed in a new project that ...


Scientists identify gene vital to early embryonic cells forming a normal heart and skull

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center highlights the critical role a certain gene and its protein play during early embryonic development on formation of a normal heart and skull.


New 'smart' materials for the brain

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 21, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Research done by scientists in Italy and Switzerland has shown that carbon nanotubes may be the ideal "smart" brain material. Their results, published December 21 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, are a ...


New use for stem cells found in war on terrorism

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created Sep 25, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

For more than a decade, Steve Stice has dedicated his research using embryonic stem cells to improving the lives of people with degenerative diseases and debilitating injuries. His most recent discovery, which produces billions ...



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