News tagged with colors
All That Glitters Is Now Gold
(PhysOrg.com) -- In full sunlight at mid-day, gold objects are brilliant and richly colored. Put those same objects in a dark interior room with only fluorescent lamps, however, and they will look pale and ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Tanning may be associated with moles in very light-skinned children
Very-light-skinned children without red hair who tan appear to develop more nevi (birthmarks, moles or other colored spots on the skin) than children who do not tan, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Color blindness cured in monkeys
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida used gene therapy to cure two squirrel monkeys of color blindness — the most common genetic disorder in people.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Samsung Presents New Ultra Portable Data Projector
Samsung Electronics today announced the upcoming release of its latest P Series (Portable) Projector, the P410M, an LED-based DLP Pocket Projector. Weighing less than two pounds, the P410M’s compact design ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Mice living in sandy hills quickly evolved lighter coloration
In a vivid illustration of natural selection at work, scientists at Harvard University have found that deer mice living in Nebraska's Sand Hills quickly evolved lighter coloration after glaciers deposited ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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LED closes the yellow gap: Full conversion of blue into amber light by new nitride phosphor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monochromatic light-emitting diodes cover a large part of the visible spectrum with high effi-ciency. For blue light, nitride diodes achieve external quantum efficiencies in excess of 65%, ...
Jul 23, 2009 |
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OLED Tunes its Colors for Sunlight-Style Illumination
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a lighting device that can change its color temperature throughout the day, matching the natural daylight chromaticities produced by the sun. Currently, no other ...
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Social scientist creates computer model to determine human perception of hues
Variations in how people perceive colors and how those same colors appear on TV, computers and other media have confounded broadcasters, Web designers and printers trying to reproduce lifelike hues.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Kodak taking Kodachrome away
Kodak is taking Kodachrome away. More than 35 years after Paul Simon immortalized the color film in song, the company announced on Monday that it would be ending production of Kodachrome.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Sharp Develops Five-Primary-Color LCD That Faithfully Reproduces Real Surface Colors
Sharp Corporation has developed a five-primary-color display that faithfully reproduces the real surface colors that humans are capable of perceiving. A prototype of this display will be exhibited at the international symposium ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Navy grant to fund probe of squid and octopus camouflage
Octopuses and squid are big brained species that use much of their mental powers to adjust their own appearances. This remarkable ability to camouflage on the fly has inspired the Office of Naval Research to award $7.5 million ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Predators ignore peculiar prey
Rare traits persist in a population because predators detect common forms of prey more easily. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Ecology found that birds will target salamanders that look l ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Xerox looks to make color printing more affordable
(AP) -- The economics of color printing in big offices are simple: A page of black and white costs about 2 cents per page, while color runs about 8 cents.
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May 07, 2009 |
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Electrofluidic Display Technology puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thinking about getting an e-reader but not sure if you like reading the dim screen? An international collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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How much vitamin D do I need?
Vitamin D -- the so-called sunshine vitamin -- is the wonder nutrient of the moment. While the vitamin is best known for helping build strong bones and absorb calcium, a vitamin D deficiency can raise the risk of everything ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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