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Titanic Jigsaw Challenge: Piecing Together a Global Color Map of Saturn's Largest Moon
October 4, 2011 — An international team has pieced together images gathered over six years by the Cassini mission to create a global mosaic of the surface of ... > full story -
Rendering Engine Built to Generate High-Quality Images of Brain Simulations
October 4, 2011 — Researchers have developed a high-quality cerebral cortex image rendering engine. The rendered images are used to generate 3D videos and ... > full story -
When Water and Air Meet: New Light Shed on Mysterious Structure of World's Most Common Liquid Interface
October 3, 2011 — New findings have resolved a long-standing debate over the structure of water molecules at the water surface. The research combines theoretical and experimental techniques to pinpoint, for the first ... > full story -
Helium Raises Resolution of Whole Cell Imaging
October 3, 2011 — The ability to obtain an accurate three-dimensional image of an intact cell is critical for unraveling the mysteries of cellular structure and function. However, for many years, tiny structures ... > full story -
Changing Race by Changing Clothes? Stereotypes and Status Symbols Impact If a Face Is Viewed as Black or White
September 26, 2011 — Perception of race is altered by cues as simple as the clothes worn. Computerized faces accompanied by business attire were more likely to be seen as white; faces with blue-collar attire were more ... > full story -
Stronger Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands Would Save Thousands of Lives
September 26, 2011 — A new study shows that 145,000 deaths could be averted in the next 30 years in the Netherlands by implementing stronger tobacco control policies. This set of policies consists of increasing tobacco ... > full story -
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Researchers Develop Optimal Algorithm for Determining Focus Error in Eyes and Cameras
September 26, 2011 — Researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual ... > full story -
Two-Dimensional Learning: Viewing Computer Images Causes Long-Term Changes in Nerve Cell Connections
September 26, 2011 — Viewing two-dimensional images of the environment, as they occur in computer games, leads to sustained changes in the strength of nerve cell connections in the brain. When the researchers presented ... > full story -
NASA to Demonstrate Communications Via Laser Beam
September 23, 2011 — It currently takes 90 minutes to transmit high-resolution images from Mars, but NASA would like to dramatically reduce that time to just minutes. A new optical communications system that NASA plans ... > full story -
Scientists Use Brain Imaging to Reveal the Movies in Our Mind
September 22, 2011 — Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one's own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists are bringing these futuristic ... > full story
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