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Unzipped Nanotubes Unlock Potential for Batteries
June 13, 2013 Graphene nanoribbons and tin oxide make an effective anode for lithium ion batteries, as discovered in early ... > full story -
Building More Sustainable Aircrafts
June 13, 2013 Life Cycle Assessments of components can help make aircraft production more sustainable. The decisive factor is making the data available at an early stage. Thanks to a new eco design software, these ... > full story -
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Breakthrough Allows Fast, Reliable Pathogen Identification
June 12, 2013 Researchers may have developed a way to quickly and reliably diagnose life-threatening bacterial infections and pinpoint the right antibiotics to clear the ... > full story -
Network of Cameras Used to Track People in Complex Indoor Settings
June 12, 2013 Researchers have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of video cameras, creating something similar to the fictional ... > full story -
Nano-Thermometer Enables First Atomic-Scale Heat Transfer Measurements
June 12, 2013 In findings that could help overcome a major technological hurdle in the road toward smaller and more powerful electronics, an international research team has shown the unique ways in which heat ... > full story -
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Supercomputer Titan Completes Acceptance Testing
June 12, 2013 ORNL's Titan supercomputer has completed rigorous acceptance testing to ensure the functionality, performance and stability of the machine, one of the world’s most powerful supercomputing ... > full story -
Controlling Magnetic Clouds in Graphene
June 12, 2013 Wonder material graphene can be made magnetic and its magnetism switched on and off at the press of a button, opening a new avenue towards electronics with very low energy consumption. Scientists ... > full story -
New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand With Brain-Computer Interfaces
June 11, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated that when humans use brain-computer interfaces, the brain behaves much like it does when completing simple motor skills such as kicking a ball, typing or waving a hand. ... > full story -
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Fractal Patterns Spontaneously Emerge During Bacterial Cell Growth
June 11, 2013 Despite bacterial colonies always forming circular shapes as they grow, their cells form internal divisions which are highly asymmetrical and branched. These fractal (self-similar) patterns are due ... > full story -
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When Will My Computer Understand Me?
June 10, 2013 For more than 50 years, linguists and computer scientists have tried to get computers to understand human language by programming semantics as software, with mixed results. Enabled by supercomputers, ... > full story
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