Archive: 08/16/2006
Radical 'Ballistic Computing' Chip Bounces Electrons Around Like Billiards
Computer designers at the University of Rochester are going ballistic. "Everyone has been trying to make better transistors by modifying current designs, but what we really need is the next paradigm," says ...
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Common brain cells may have stem-cell-like potential
University of Florida researchers have shown ordinary human brain cells may share the prized qualities of self-renewal and adaptability normally associated with stem cells.
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Biologists Uncover Mechanisms That Shape Cells for Better Or Worse
In a landmark study, biologists at Florida State University have uncovered a specific genetic and molecular mechanism that causes cell polarity -- the asymmetric shape or composition critical to a cell's proper ...
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Aug 16, 2006 |
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FSU geographer charting new territory with hurricane relief mapping
When a hurricane strikes, authorities are increasingly turning to satellite images and computer-based maps to tell them everything from where the most vulnerable people live to where the closest supply of food, water and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Mapping the neural landscape of hunger
The compelling urge to satisfy one's hunger enlists structures throughout the brain, as might be expected in a process so necessary for survival. But until now, studies of those structures and of the feeding cycle have been ...
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Update: Apollo 11 Tapes
NASA personnel continue to sift through 37-year-old records in their attempt to locate the magnetic tapes that recorded the original Apollo 11 video in 1969. The original tapes may be at the Goddard Space Flight ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Location, location, location!
It's a classic upper middle class dilemma: Should we buy a perfect second home in a place that takes hours to get to, or should we settle for something closer but not as nice? In the rodent world, an equivalent decision-making ...
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Far away galaxy under the microscope
An international group of astronomers have discovered large disc galaxies akin to our Milky Way that must have formed on a rapid time scale, only 3 billion years after the Big Bang. In one of these systems, ...
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Completed genome set to transform the cow
The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release this week of the most complete ...
Biology /
Aug 16, 2006 |
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New record for world's fastest transistor set
Engineers in the School of Electronics and Computer Science (University of Southampton, UK) have developed a method to make bipolar transistors twice as fast as current devices.
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Three Continents Collide to Create Australia
A PhD student in the University of Adelaide’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences has found evidence of a collision between northern and central Australia 1.64 billion years ago. Kate Selway says that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2006 |
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The IAU draft definition of 'planet' and 'plutons'
The world’s astronomers, under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), have concluded two years of work defining the difference between “planets” and the smaller “solar system bodies” such ...
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Climate Change Was Major Factor in Erosion of Alps 6 Million Years Ago
The Alps, the iconic rugged mountains that cover parts of seven European nations, might have reached their zenith millions of years ago, some scientists believe, and now are a mere shadow of their former selves. New research ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2006 |
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