Wireless transmission at microwave frequencies is important for high-data-rate transmission applications, such as mobile phone networks, satellite links and remote imaging. Now, Xianshu Luo and colleagues from the A*STAR ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of biologists from the U.K., Germany, and Canada has adapted a theory that suggests that microbes cause food to spoil so that larger animals won't eat it. In their paper published in Proceedings of the ...
Smartphones can already understand your voice commands but imagine if they tried to read your emotions as well.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 12, 2014
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Recently, O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), a sugar ring that reversibly modifies proteins inside the cell nucleus and cytoplasm in a process known as O-GlcNAcylation, has been revealed to be a key regulator of cell ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 12, 2014
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In a new study, fisheries researchers from North Carolina State University found that black sea bass (Centropristis striata) can usually survive the physical trauma that results from being hauled up from deep water then released ...
Ecology
Mar 12, 2014
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In a war – declared or otherwise – bravery and perseverance are not enough. Communications are important. Effectiveness means being able to command your troops and gather information. It also means being able to trust ...
Security
Mar 12, 2014
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In a breakthrough that will help make it possible for astronauts and robots to work together in deep space, researchers at the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Advanced Technology Center (ATC), working with NASA astronauts aboard ...
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2014
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On a trip to Germany, David Cameron has announced £45 million to prompt a "new industrial revolution" based on the internet of things. This marks the beginning of a new era for computing and for wearable technologies. We ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 12, 2014
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Hitachi and HGNE today announced the development of a submersible crawling and swimming robot (crawler) and a shape-changing robot (crawler) which freely modify shape or posture to avoid obstacles even in narrow spaces to ...
Robotics
Mar 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers have discovered that creating a graphene-copper-graphene "sandwich" strongly enhances the heat conducting properties of copper, a discovery that could further help in the downscaling of electronics.
Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2014
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