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New 'FinFETs' Promising For Smaller Transistors, More Powerful Chips
Researchers are making
progress in developing a new
type of transistor that uses
a finlike structure instead
of the conventional flat
... > full story
Cell Phones Become Handheld Tools For Global Development
Computer scientists are
using Android, the
open-source mobile operating
system championed by Google,
to transform a cell phone
into a flexible
... > full story
Overcoming Barriers For Organic Electronics
Electronic devices can't
work well unless all of the
transistors, or switches,
within them allow electrical
current to flow easily when
they are turned on.
... > full story
Pain In The Neck: Too Much Texting Could Lead To Overuse Injuries
College age students text
the most, preferring it to
calls or e-mail. However,
new research is suggesting
that the copious amounts of
... > full story
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Implications Of Past Forecasting Errors Often Underestimated
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When Is A Fetus Able To Survive Outside The Womb?
November 10, 2009 — Mathematicians are coupling mathematical models with information about a baby's physiology inside the womb. Combining ultrasound with powerful algorithms based on real-life data, pediatricians get ... > full story -
Improving Security With Face Recognition Technology
November 10, 2009 — A number of US states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international ... > full story -
Computer Scientists Work To Strengthen Online Security
November 9, 2009 — If you forget your password when logging into an e-mail or online shopping website, the site will likely ask you a security question: What is your mother's maiden name? Where were you born? The ... > full story -
New Plastic Optical Fiber Technology May Revolutionize High Speed Last-mile Communication Networks
November 9, 2009 — It may look like little more than fishing line, but plastic optical fiber or POF promises to revolutionize high-speed last-mile communications ... > full story -
Darwin Meets Facebook: Social Networking Tool Lets Natural Historians Share Data
November 9, 2009 — Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's Natural ... > full story -
New Transparent Insulating Film Could Enable Energy-efficient Displays
November 9, 2009 — Materials scientists have found a way to transform a chemical long used as an electrical conductor a thin film insulator potentially useful in transistor technology and in devices such as electronic ... > full story -
Computerized Support Keeps Prominence Of Name Brand Drugs At Bay
November 9, 2009 — Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed ... > full story -
New Computer Simulator Helps Design Military Strategies Based On Ants' Movements
November 7, 2009 — Researchers in Spain have designed a system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield following the mechanisms used by ant colonies to move. The scientists have used settings of Panzer ... > full story -
Bogus E-mails 'From' FDIC Link Computer Users To Viruses, Says Computer Forensics Expert
November 7, 2009 — Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ... > full story
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