News tagged with small computers

Hitting moving RNA drug targets

By accounting for the floppy, fickle nature of RNA, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine have developed a new way to search for drugs that target this important molecule. Their ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chips with everything

(PhysOrg.com) -- While the technology to make computer chips smaller and cheaper progresses each year, the fundamental structure of the chip - the computer architecture - has remained the same for decades. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 4




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Researchers find extensive RNA editing in human transcriptome

In a new study published online in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the evidence of extensive RNA editing in a human cell line by analysis of RNA-seq data, demons ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study suggests girls can 'rewire' brains to ward off depression

(Medical Xpress) -- What if you could teach your brain to respond differently to things that make you feel sad, down or stressed out? What if doing that helped ward off depression?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

SLAC, Stanford team focuses on high-energy electrons to treat cancer

Accelerator physicists at SLAC and cancer specialists from Stanford are working on a new technology that could dramatically reduce the time needed for cancer radiation treatments. The team ran an initial experiment ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Domestic consumption main contributor to Africa's growing e-waste

West Africa faces a rising tide of e-waste generated by domestic consumption of new and used electrical and electronic equipment, according to a new United Nations report. Domestic consumption makes up the majority (up to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Log onto Facebook, contribute to scientific research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Logging on to Facebook could soon be a way of contributing to important scientific research, as well as finding out what’s going on in your world.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover potential key to lowering energy costs of cell phones and data centers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A systematic analysis of power usage in microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cellphones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why staying warm in winter is a bit more complicated if you're a lizard

Recent studies at the ISIS neutron source, the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) world leading research centre, have given a new insight into the mysterious ‘anti-freeze’ capabilities ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford develops new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis

Jack was sinking fast, his vital signs registering alarming numbers. With every passing second, his doctor, Charles Prober, could see his patient being overwhelmed by sepsis, a deadly complication of infection ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deciding to go left or right: Researchers use device to determine that lower animals can navigate too

For decades, scientists have associated binary decision making — opting to go left or right — with higher-ranking animals, including humans. A team of Harvard researchers, however, is rewriting that ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Google launches Chrome browser for Android smartphones

With more and more people connecting to the Internet through a phone or a tablet instead of a PC, Google Inc. is bringing its fast-growing browser, Chrome, to the newest Android-powered mobile devices.

Technology / Software

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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