Wireless carriers muddy waters with '4G' marketing
The marketing world is full of vague adjectives like "new," "better" or "healthy" that don't necessarily mean much.
Telecom
Dec 2, 2010
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UCLA receives DARPA grant to research ultra-low-power, non-volatile logic technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science an $8.4 million grant for research on a technology known as non-volatile logic, which enables ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Dec 2, 2010
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US Air Force connects 1,760 PlayStation 3's to build supercomputer
(Phys.org)—About the 33rd largest supercomputer in the world right now is the US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) newest system, which has a core made of 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles. In addition to its ...
Hot embossing glass -- to the nearest micrometer
The lens is what matters: if lens arrays could be made of glass, it would be possible to make more conveniently sized projectors. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a process that allows this key component to be mass ...
Engineering
Dec 2, 2010
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Light touch brightens nanotubes (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have discovered a simple way to make carbon nanotubes shine brighter.
Nanomaterials
Dec 2, 2010
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Rich getting richer, data shows
A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), using data provided by McMaster economist Mike Veall, suggests that Canada's richest continue to get richer at a much faster rate, taking ...
Economics & Business
Dec 2, 2010
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Tablets: How best to bridge phone, laptop
The season of the tablet computer has arrived. Sparked eight months ago by Apple Inc.'s debut of the iPad, every major computer company is now trying to get one in stores in time for holiday shopping.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 2, 2010
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The future of metabolic engineering -- designer molecules, cells and microorganisms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will we one day design and create molecules, cells and microorganisms that produce specific chemical products from simple, readily-available, inexpensive starting materials? Will the synthetic organic chemistry ...
Biochemistry
Dec 2, 2010
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Scientists map changes in genetic networks caused by DNA damage
Using a new technology called "differential epistasis maps," an international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has documented for the first time how a cellular ...
Biotechnology
Dec 2, 2010
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Research provides better understanding of long-term changes in the climate system
For more than a decade, Dr. Joseph Ortiz, associate professor of geology at Kent State University and part of an international team of National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers, has been studying long-term climate ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2010
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