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Alzheimer's Sufferers May Function Better With Less Visual Clutter
October 11, 2012 — Psychologists have shown that an individual's inability to recognize once-familiar faces and objects may have as much to do with difficulty perceiving their distinct features as it does with the ... > full story -
Organic Solar Cells With High Electric Potential for Portable Electronics
October 11, 2012 — A new breakthrough in solar technology means portable electronic devices such as e-book readers could soon be re-charged on the move in low light levels and partial shading. Scientists have created ... > full story -
Eco-Friendly Optics: Spider Silk's Talents Harnessed for Use in Biosensors, Lasers, Microchips
October 11, 2012 — Spiders use their silk to catch lunch. Now physicists are using it to catch light. New research shows that natural silk could be an eco-friendly alternative to more traditional ways of manipulating ... > full story -
Close Call: Bad Weather Drives Up Phone Calls to Our Nearest and Dearest
October 10, 2012 — Who we call and how long we speak to them changes with the weather, according to new research by experts in the UK. Analysing the call patterns of 1.3 million mobile phone users, the team found that ... > full story -
From Lectures to Explosives Detection: Laser Pointer Identifies Dangerous Chemicals in Real-Time
October 10, 2012 — By using an ordinary green laser pointer, the kind commonly found in lecture halls, an Israeli research team has developed a new and highly portable Raman spectrometer that can detect extremely ... > full story -
Electronics: Visible Progress
October 10, 2012 — A thin film made of graphene and a charge-inducing polymer shows promise as a replacement for transparent electrical conductors in ... > full story -
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An Operating System in the Cloud: TransOS Could Displace Conventional Desktop Operating Systems
October 9, 2012 — A new cloud-based operating system for all kinds of computer is being ... > full story -
Control Any Device -- From Mobile Phones to Television Sets -- With Just a Wave of Your Hand
October 9, 2012 — Forget the TV remote and the games controller, now you can control anything from your mobile phone to the television with just a wave of your hand. Researchers have developed a sensor the size of a ... > full story -
DNA Findings Hold Potential for Cancer Treatment
October 8, 2012 — Six years ago, Boise State University biology professor Greg Hampikian and computer science colleague Tim Andersen announced that they had identified tiny DNA and protein sequences that were absent ... > full story -
Wireless Data at Top Speed
October 8, 2012 — Whether it’s a wedding, birthday party or other celebration, these days the chances are you’ll have your camcorder with you to record the great occasion. But we often forget to bring the ... > full story
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