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Defects in Carbon Nanotubes Could Lead to Improved Charge and Energy Storage Systems
Most people would like to be
able to charge their cell
phones and other personal
electronics quickly and not
too often. A recent
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Harnessing Waste Heat from Laptop Computers, Cell Phones May Double Battery Time
New research points the way
to a technology that might
make it possible to harvest
much of the wasted heat
produced by everything from
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How the Brain Filters out Distracting Thoughts to Focus on a Single Bit of Information
Researchers in Norway have
discovered a mechanism that
the brain uses to filter out
distracting thoughts to
focus on a single bit of
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Active Hearing Process in Mosquitoes
A mathematical model has
explained some of the
remarkable features of
mosquito hearing. In
particular, the male can
hear the faintest beats of
the female's wings and yet
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Examining Mathematical Abilities in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
November 20, 2009 — Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits. Mathematical ability seems particularly damaged in children with FASD. A new study supports the importance of ... > full story -
Building the Smart Home Wirelessly
November 19, 2009 — Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a new article suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications devices could soon provide seamless multimedia ... > full story -
Finding More in 'Most'
November 19, 2009 — A researcher has scientifically quantified the common interpretation of the word "most," finding it to be a measurement of 80 to 95 percent of a ... > full story -
'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
November 19, 2009 — Engineering researchers have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique physical attributes of ... > full story -
P2P Comes to the Aid of Audiovisual Search
November 19, 2009 — Current methods of searching audiovisual content can be a hit-and-miss affair. Manually tagging online media content is time consuming, and costly. But new ‘query by example’ methods, ... > full story -
Technique Finds Gene Regulatory Sites Without Knowledge of Regulators
November 19, 2009 — A new statistical technique allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. The technique has been ... > full story -
Search Engines Are Source of Learning
November 19, 2009 — Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to ... > full story -
Immediate, Aggressive Spending on HIV/AIDS Could End Epidemic
November 18, 2009 — Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease, according to new research. This approach defies ... > full story -
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Cat Brain-Based Computer: Scientists Perform Cat-Scale Cortical Simulations and Map the Human Brain
November 18, 2009 — IBM has announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, while rivaling ... > full story -
Entangled Photons Created from Quantum Dots
November 18, 2009 — To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement -- the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded ... > full story
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