News tagged with phase change
Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, ...
Intel Reports Breakthrough in Stacked, Cross Point Phase Change Memory Technology
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Intel Corp. and Numonyx today announced a key breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a new non-volatile memory technology that combines many of the benefits of today's various memory types.
Scientists Make Temperature-Regulating Coffee Mug
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A well-insulated mug may keep your coffee somewhat warm, but now scientists have designed a high-tech mug that can keep drinks hot or cold at the perfect temperature for up to half an hour. ...
New invention that could change design of future memory storage devices
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A research team at Singapore A*STAR's Data Storage Institute (DSI) has invented a new phase change material that has the potential to change the design of future memory storage devices.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today.
Smoking continues gradual decline among U.S. teens, smokeless tobacco threatens a comeback
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Teen smoking reached its recent peak levels around 1996 and 1997, followed by a sharp decline for about six years and a continued more gradual decline ever since, according to the latest Monitoring the Future ...
Sunshine speeded 1940s Swiss glacier melt: scientists
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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A surge in sunshine more than 60 years ago helped Swiss mountain glaciers melt faster than today, even though warmer average temperatures are being recorded now, Swiss researchers said Monday.
New science estimates carbon storage potential of US lands
Dec 10, 2009 |
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The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.
Study confirms association between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in children
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The scientists observed that the impact of tobacco smoke was especially detrimental during gestation. The results of the study have been published in the current online issue of the renowned journal Environmental Health Pe ...
UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2009 |
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More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.
New imaging technique reveals different heart motions by age, gender
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Using a new noninvasive imaging technique, scientists said they have discovered important, fundamental differences in heart motion by age and gender.
Plate-eating good: University of Montreal professor designs edible tableware
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Finishing your plate may soon take on a literal meaning. Diane Bisson, a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Industrial Design, has fashioned edible plates that are practical, stylish and tasty. ...
Television control for the remote
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.
Space technology optimises windmill efficiency
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 ...
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