News tagged with processing times

Sony develops 'Hybrid FPA', a novel liquid crystal alignment technique for LCD

Sony has developed "Hybrid FPA (field-induced photo-reactive alignment)", a new liquid crystal alignment technique which enables a significantly faster response time for liquid crystal displays.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microwave oven key to self-assembly process meeting semiconductor industry need

Thanks to a microwave oven, the fundamental nanotechnology process of self assembly may soon replace the lithographic processing use to make the ubiquitous semi-conductor chips.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researcher investigates the 'subjective time trajectory' in psychological health

In life, we're told, we must take the good with the bad, and how we view these life events determines our well-being and ability to adjust. But according to Prof. Dov Shmotkin of Tel Aviv University's Department of Psychology, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Input-output trade-offs found in human information processing

The most beautiful thing about humans, says Indiana University researcher S. Lee Hong, is that they are both ever-changing and sometimes prone to error. Yet humans are still extremely flexible and adaptable, managing the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments.  The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Nor ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How adolescent girls manage stress

Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress. Those were the results of a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SIMONE's email feel-good factor

A computer model called SIMONE, for Simulator for Interruptions and Message Overload in Network Environments described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, could help solve ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0