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Twist and Shoot: Nokia N90

Twist and shoot. It's a pro-photo taker. A personal video-maker. Complete with Carl Zeiss Optics for crisp, bright images you can view, edit, print and share. Meet the Nokia N90. Nokia today presented the Nok ...

Electronics /

created Apr 27, 2005 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Pi seems a good random number generator - but not always the best

If you wanted a random number, historically you could do worse than to pick a sequence from the string of digits in pi. But Purdue University scientists now say other sources might be better. Physicists including Purdue's Eph ...

Physics /

created Apr 27, 2005 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Physicists to create more stable gyroscope for Navy

Gyroscope to be 1,000 times more accurate than existing instruments Tucked away in a small, cluttered laboratory on Patuxent River Naval Air Station, two physicists spend their days trapping atoms – millions and millions ...

Physics /

created Apr 27, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Dead zone' area in Gulf could be increasing, researchers say

The "dead zone" area of the Gulf of Mexico – a region that annually suffers from low oxygen which can result in huge marine life losses – has appeared much earlier this year, meaning it could be potentially larger in 2005 ...

Space & Earth /

created Apr 27, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers

In a step toward making living cells function as if they were tiny computers, engineers at Princeton have programmed bacteria to communicate with each other and produce color-coded patterns. The feat, accomplished in a b ...

Other Sciences /

created Apr 27, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists create high-speed integrated nanowire circuits

Low-temperature fabrication and high-quality results could reduce electronics' reliance on silicon Chemists and engineers at Harvard University have made robust circuits from minuscule nanowires that align themselves on a ...

Nanotechnology /

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Researchers discover molecular mechanism that desensitizes us to cold

Findings demonstrate mechanism used by numerous membrane proteins throughout the body – opens pathway to new areas of exploration Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have discovered how the membrane protein that allows u ...

Other Sciences /

created Apr 27, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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