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Departure of chip-design legend Bob Pease prompts outpouring in Silicon Valley

Bob Pease is a genuine Silicon Valley rock star who I never would have heard of had he not lost his job, or left his job. It's not entirely clear which.

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Low-cost instrument developed by students could aid weather research

On a recent blustery afternoon, scientists gathered on a rooftop at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to observe two atmospheric electric field-mill devices monitor the buildup of electrical charge ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers discover that changes in bioelectric signals cause tadpoles to grow eyes in back, tail

For the first time, scientists have altered natural bioelectrical communication among cells to directly specify the type of new organ to be created at a particular location within a vertebrate organism. Using ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

The face of a frog: Time-lapse video reveals never-before-seen bioelectric pattern

For the first time, Tufts University biologists have reported that bioelectrical signals are necessary for normal head and facial formation in an organism and have captured that process in a time-lapse video that reveals ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Solving the puzzle of the BK ion channel (w/ Video)

In 2004, Washington University in St. Lous researcher Jianmin Cui was handed a puzzling clue to the structure of an ion channel his lab had been studying for five years.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clouds and the Alternative Energy Grid

California's goal of generating 33 percent of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020 will be challenging on days when clouds shade acres of solar photovoltaic panels or when thousands of wind turbines ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes Creates New Hybrid Technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components that mimics some of the processes that control the passage of molecules into and out of cells has been created by a team of scientists ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

For some, prominent power lines dim enthusiasm for green power

In the summer heat, Rockney Compton's spring-fed koi pond doubles as a swimming hole for his three kids, and in the spring it is a water bowl for his dogs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 4

New 'control knobs' for stem cells identified

Natural changes in voltage that occur across the membrane of adult human stem cells are a powerful controlling factor in the process by which these stem cells differentiate, according to research published by Tufts University ...

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created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nixing immaturity in red blood cells

A process of self-digestion called autophagy prompts the maturation of red blood cells. Without a protein called Nix, the cells would not effectively rid themselves of organelles called mitochondria and consequently become ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 04, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Semiconductor membrane mimics biological behavior of ion channels

A semiconductor membrane designed by researchers at the University of Illinois could offer more flexibility and better electrical performance than biological membranes. Built from thin silicon layers doped with different ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 12, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0


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