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Organic flash memory developed
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.
Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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NASA researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid ...
Tremors between slip events: More evidence of great quake danger to Seattle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of a decade, scientists have documented unfelt and slow-moving seismic events, called episodic tremor and slip, showing up in regular cycles under the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state and Vancouver ...
Irrigation decreases, urbanization increases monsoon rains
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A Purdue University scientist has shown man-made changes to the landscape have affected Indian monsoon rains, suggesting that land-use decisions play an important role in climate change.
Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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The northern coastline of Alaska midway between Point Barrow and Prudhoe Bay is eroding by up to one-third the length of a football field annually because of a "triple whammy" of declining sea ice, warming ...
Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An infra-red digital camera could be a crucial tool in the fight against crime when trying to identify suspects by their tattoos, according to new University of Derby research.
Sucker-footed bats don't use suction after all (w/ Video)
Dec 14, 2009 |
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There are approximately 1,200 species of bats worldwide. Of that total, only six are known to roost with their heads pointed upward. Investigators did not know why, because they knew next to nothing about ...
Yellowstone's plumbing exposed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...
The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...
Fujitsu Announces World's First Operation of 100W-Class Amplifiers Employing Carbon Nanotubes
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that, using carbon nanotubes as heat-dissipation material in amplifier transistors, Fujitsu has become the first to achieve the successful operation of high-frequency, ...
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