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Low-cost solution processing method developed for CIGS-based solar cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Though the solar industry today predominately produces solar panels made from crystalline silicon, they remain relatively expensive to make. New players in the solar industry have instead been looking at panels that can harvest ...





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A human approach to computer processing

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A more human approach to processing raw data could change the way that computers deal with information, according to academics at The University of Nottingham.


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 ...


Looking at language

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The study of the neural basis of language has largely focused on regions in the cortex - the outer brain layers thought by many researchers to have expanded during human evolution. Research at Brown University's Department ...


Sex workers prefer remote screening for sexually transmitted diseases

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Westminster have used a simple and convenient method for screening female commercial sex workers (CSW) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) without the need for them to attend clinics. ...


The not-so-digital future of digital signal processing

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Fungi processing audio signals. E. Coli storing images. DNA acting as logic circuits. It’s possible, and in some cases, it’s already happened. In any event, performing digital signal processing using organic and chemical ...


Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology Dubbed "mofiria"

Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony Corporation today announced the development of a finger vein authentication technology called "mofiria." The user-friendly technology offers quick response and high accuracy and comes in a compact size ...


New process may convert toxic computer waste into safe products

New process may convert toxic computer waste into safe products

Chemistry /

created May 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That’s because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into environmentally-friendly ...


Quantum computing: Entanglement may not be necessary

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 05, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (63) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is a truth universally acknowledged that quantum computing must have entanglement.


Good vibrations: Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations

Good vibrations: Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone.


Computer model improves ultrasound image

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Doctors use diagnostic sonography or ultrasound to visualise organs and other internal structures of the human body. Dutch researcher Koos Huijssen has developed a computer model that can predict the sound transmission of ...



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