Russian Internet CEO launches robotics fund in US
(AP) — The co-founder of a large Russian Internet company is launching a venture fund to invest in robotics aimed at daily life.
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Ultralow power high quality EEG system for ambulatory monitoring
Today at the VLSI circuits symposium (June 12-15, Honolulu), Imec presents a complete 700µW 8-channel active-electrode (AE)-based EEG monitoring system. The system, developed in collaboration with Panasonic, delivers ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 15, 2012
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Quantum bar magnets in a transparent salt
Scientists have managed to switch on and off the magnetism of a new material using quantum mechanics, making the material a test bed for future quantum devices.
Quantum Physics
Jun 15, 2012
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Fast and sensitive flu tracking
A practical means of tracking pandemic flu in the field—using an assay known as RT-SmartAmp—was developed recently by a research team in Japan led by Toshihisa Ishikawa at the RIKEN Omics Science Center, Yokohama. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 15, 2012
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Is it time to return to the Moon?
Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon -- or any other world outside of our own, for that matter -- since Cernan and Schmitt departed the lunar surface on December 14, 1972. That will make 40 years on that date this coming ...
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2012
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Testing a 40-year old cell membrane theory
European researchers conducted state-of-the-art high-resolution imaging experiments of protein diffusion in artificial cell membranes. Results provided the first experimental evidence of an important theory regarding membrane ...
Biochemistry
Jun 15, 2012
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Global science: U.S. is still in the game
Globalization is a benefit to U.S. scientific achievement, not a threat. That's the conclusion of a new book that weighs the evidence from a number of recent surveys to answer its title question: "Is American Science in Decline?"
Other
Jun 15, 2012
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Mystery solved: 3 wolves drowned in old mine shaft at Isle Royale National Park
During their 2012 Winter Study, Michigan Technological University population biologist John Vucetich and wildlife ecologist Rolf Peterson started wondering where the wolves of Isle Royale National Park had gone. They ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2012
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New reclusive crab species found tucked away on Galician seabed
Although it might seem like we have an extensive record of all the species we share the planet with, there are plenty left to be discovered who have long eluded humans' cataloguing efforts.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2012
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Researchers solve Roman Empire historical mystery
In ancient Roman times A.D., Palmyra was the most important point along the trade route linking the east and west, reaching a population of 100 000 inhabitants. But its history has always been shrouded in mystery: What was ...
Archaeology
Jun 15, 2012
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