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3-D Integrated DRAM-on-Logic for Low-Power Mobile Applications Demonstrated
July 12, 2011 Researchers in Belgium have demonstrated the potential of 3-D integration of a commercial DRAM chip on top of a logic IC for next-generation low-power mobile ... > full story -
Indoor Air Pollution Linked to Cardiovascular Risk
July 8, 2011 An estimated two billion people in the developing world heat and cook with a biomass fuel such as wood, but the practice exposes people -- especially women -- to large doses of small-particle air ... > full story -
Promising Fire Retardant Results When Clay Nanofiller Has Space
July 7, 2011 Materials scientists have demonstrated that the more widely and uniformly dispersed nanoscale plates of clay are in a polymer, the more fire protection the nanocomposite material ... > full story -
Ultimate Energy Efficiency: Magnetic Microprocessors Could Use Million Times Less Energy Than Today's Silicon Chips
July 1, 2011 Information theory and the second law of thermodynamics dictate that a logical operation in a computer must consume a minimum amount of energy. Today's computers consume a million times more energy ... > full story -
Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured for the First Time
June 28, 2011 When dinosaurs were first discovered in the mid-19th century, paleontologists thought they were plodding beasts that relied on their environment to keep warm, like modern-day ... > full story -
Tapping Titanium's Colorful Potential
June 28, 2011 A new, cost-effective process for coloring titanium can be used in manufacturing products from sporting equipment to color-coded nuclear waste ... > full story -
Nanowire-Based Sensors Offer Improved Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds
June 27, 2011 A team of researchers has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile organic compounds -- harmful pollutants released from paints, cleaners, pesticides and other products -- that offer several ... > full story -
Unique Lab Seeks Drought-Tolerant Traits in Cotton, Other Plants
June 24, 2011 As billion-dollar agricultural losses continue to mount in the withering Texas heat, scientists in Corpus Christi are taking a closer look at why some cotton varieties do better than others in ... > full story -
Body Temperatures of Dinosaurs Measured for First Time: Some Dinosaurs Were as Warm as Most Modern Mammals
June 23, 2011 Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile? It depends largely on whether they were cold or warm blooded. Now, a team of researchers has developed a new approach to take body temperatures ... > full story -
Mechanism for Stress-Induced Epigenetic Inheritance Uncovered in New Study
June 23, 2011 Researchers have uncovered a mechanism by which the effects of stress in the fly species Drosophila are inherited epigenetically over many generations through changes to the structure of chromatin, ... > full story
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