The counterintuitive rules of physics at the nanometer scale create several thorny problems for scientists when they try to fashion three-dimensional channels in fluid-handling devices. Now, University of Michigan researchers ...
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Computer-generated method outperforms human-designed program for fingerprint improvement It sounds like a plot for a science fiction movie, but it's not. Computers now create programs that solve complex problems better than ...
Sep 2, 2005
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Astronomer Geoffrey Marcy's tenacious pursuit of planets outside our solar system has paid off with the discovery by him and his team of more than 110 extrasolar planets. Now, that doggedness is paying off in another way. ...
Sep 2, 2005
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Philips is to use the forthcoming launch of High Definition TV (HDTV) services in Europe as a rallying call for the technology industry to increase its application of simplicity in product creation.
Sep 2, 2005
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Twisted nanostructures are an important biological motif—just think of the DNA double helix or proteins with helical sections important to their function. Researchers are anxious to produce artificial helices, which could ...
Sep 2, 2005
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According to a new report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm, the market for printable electronics will generate estimated revenues of over $7 billion ($ US) in 2010 driven by demand for printable displays, RFID, ...
Sep 2, 2005
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Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA's Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments. "When the images came down and we could see horizon all the way around, ...
Sep 2, 2005
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Scientists around the world paid tribute to Joseph Rotblat, a Polish nuclear physicist and Nobel peace prize winner, who died at age 96.
Sep 2, 2005
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As part of ongoing research to make hydrogen a mainstream source of clean, renewable energy, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have determined how titanium atoms help hydrogen ...
Sep 2, 2005
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ASU researcher Bruce Rittmann has found an environmentally friendly way to mitigate the human health threat from perchlorate drinking water contamination. Perchlorate is a component of solid rocket fuel.
Sep 2, 2005
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