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Ups and downs, at Israel 'longest yo-yo' contest

There could only be one winner -- one yo-yo to rule them all -- but this was no ordinary yo-yo competition, with each one dangling from a 65-foot (20-metre) rope, suspended on a crane.

Other Sciences / Other

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Researchers Can Detect Tunnel Excavation With Fiber Optic Cables

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the same type of fiber optic cables used in telecommunications systems, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a way to detect and pinpoint the excavation ...

Technology / Engineering

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New microscope may take the 'ouch' out of blood tests

If the sight of a needle makes you squeamish, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are developing a new optical microscope for viewing blood cells that could do away with conventional ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New technology speeds up DNA 'rewriting' and measures the effects of the changes in living cells

Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new Weizmann ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New microscope uses rainbow of light to image the flow of individual blood cells

Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device developed by a team of researchers in Israel, however, can reveal much the same ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA lends ultraviolet space telescope to Caltech

(Phys.org) -- Caltech has taken over operation from NASA of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a space telescope that for the last nine years has been surveying the cosmos in ultraviolet light. In this ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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NY tech fest heralds Silicon Valley of the East

The Big Apple may not have California's weather, but tech fans at New York Internet Week say that in every other way the city is on course to become Silicon Valley 2.0.

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Breakthrough could lead to healthier clear beverages, new cancer treatments

Using a natural milk protein called casein, Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) researchers have created nanocapsules so tiny that they solve the longstanding problem of how to add nutrients to clear ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers find strange new nanoregion can form in quasicrystals

A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more complex structure.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a "biological computer" made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The quantifier: Building software that interprets medical images

Polina Golland’s parents tell the story that, sometime in the early 1980s, when Polina was in junior high, she announced that she wanted to go to MIT. That’s an unusual plan for any 13- or 14-year-old to hatch independently, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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