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Origin of dinosaur-killing asteroid remains a mystery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission indicate the family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs is not likely the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Researchers create more powerful 'lab-on-a-chip' for genetic analysis

UBC researchers have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball machine.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

1.29 million customers' data stolen from Sega (Update)

Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said Sunday, in a theft via a website of its European unit.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

A guide star lets scientists see deep into human tissue

Astronomers have a neat trick they sometimes use to compensate for the turbulence of the atmosphere that blurs images made by ground-based telescopes. They create an artificial star called a guide star and ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Stanford researcher uses living cells to create 'biotic' video games (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The digital revolution has triggered a wild proliferation of video games, but what of the revolution in biotechnology? Does it have the potential to spawn its own brood of games? Stanford ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Blood test to spot cancer gets big boost from J&J

(AP) -- A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Ancient diatoms lead to new technology for solar energy

Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to use an ancient life form to create one of the newest technologies for solar energy, in systems that may be surprisingly simple to build compared to existing silicon-based ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 1

American gamer chronicles Japan's vibrant arcade culture in book

The death of the video game arcade has not, alas, been greatly exaggerated. For gamers older than 30, memories of plugging endless quarters into Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat and After Burner cabinets are just that: memories. ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Four Out of Six Apollos

(PhysOrg.com) -- Their names are now part of exploration history - Sea of Tranquility, Ocean of Storms, Frau Mauro, Hadley Rille, Descartes and Taurus-Littrow. They are the sites on the lunar surface visited ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Playing Pinball with Atoms

With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those devices ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 0


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