News tagged with adapter
Subaru telescope pioneers the use of adaptive optics for optical observations
A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific observationswith ...
May 25, 2012 |
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Mixed bacterial communities evolve to share resources, not compete
New research shows how bacteria evolve to increase ecosystem functioning by recycling each other's waste. The study provides some of the first evidence for how interactions between species shape evolution when there is a ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images
Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could be a revolution for medical fields such as cancer diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery and ophthalmology. University of Illinois researchers have developed ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Growing risks from hatchery fish
A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides ...
May 14, 2012 |
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Light, instead of electrodes, could control deformable mirrors
(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of adaptive optics is advancing in interest as technology makes it possible to use deformable mirrors for a number of applications in optoelectronics. Deformable mirrors usually make use of rigid ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Escalating arms race: Predatory sea urchins drive evolution
(Phys.org) -- Nature teems with examples of evolutionary arms races between predators and prey, with the predator species gradually evolving a new mode of attack for each defensive adaptation that arises in ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Reindeer see a weird and wonderful world of ultraviolet light
Researchers have discovered that the ultraviolet (UV) light that causes the temporary but painful condition of snow blindness in humans is life-saving for reindeer in the arctic.
May 26, 2011 |
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Neanderthal faces were not adapted to cold
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research into Neanderthal skulls suggests that facial features believed for over a century to be adaptations to extreme cold are unlikely to have evolved in response to glacial periods ...
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Jan 17, 2011 |
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Plant genomes may help next generation respond to climate change
In the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own.
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Study shows evolutionary adaptations can be reversed, but rarely
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution in 1859, scientists have wondered whether evolutionary adaptations can be reversed.
May 11, 2011 |
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Picky females promote survival and diversity, new research says
(PhysOrg.com) -- Picky females play a critical role in the survival and diversity of species, according to a Nature study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the International Instit ...
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Resurrected mammoth blood very cool (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of international researchers has brought the primary component of mammoth blood back to life using ancient DNA preserved in bones from Siberian specimens 25,000 to 43,000 years old.
May 03, 2010 |
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Sloth movement secrets revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies of the movements of sloths have revealed more information about how they move around in the trees, traveling upside down.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Do parasites evolve to exploit gender differences in hosts?
Some disease-causing parasites are known to favor one sex over the other in their host species, and such differences between the sexes have generally been attributed to differences in immune responses or behavior. But in ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Adapting to darkness: How behavioral and genetic changes helped cavefish survive extreme environment
University of Maryland biologists have identified how changes in both behavior and genetics led to the evolution of the Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) from its sighted, surface-dwelling ancest ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Adapter
An adapter or adaptor (-er is the accepted spelling in US English, both spellings in use in UK English [although US usage often is adapter for a person and adaptor for a device])[1][2][3] is a device whose purpose is to convert attributes of one device or system to those of an otherwise incompatible device or system.
Some adapters may only affect physical attributes:
Other adapters may affect electrical attributes:
For more information about Adapter, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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