In the digital age, organizing a photo collection has gone from bad to worse. The saying used to be that a picture is worth a thousand words. Now the question arises: what are a thousand pictures worth? In a word, a headache.
Software
Feb 20, 2007
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Astronauts on lunar and Mars missions will need to continually assess their radiation risk and exposure. The faculty and midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) are developing a small device to do exactly that, ...
Engineering
Feb 20, 2007
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Toshiba Research announced today that it has developed two new technologies to realize 'unconditionally secure' quantum key distribution (QKD). To achieve this, Toshiba has overcome a potential security loophole in current ...
General Physics
Feb 20, 2007
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An international team of investigators based in the United States and Germany has modified the nanoscale printing technique known as dip-pen nanolithography to create large numbers of model cell membranes. This method, published ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2007
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Investigators at the German Cancer Research Center have developed silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles that allow for cell tracking in a live animal using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). More sensitive methods for tracking ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2007
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Drilling has started on an Alaskan North Slope well to assess the United States' largest potential fossil energy resource: gas hydrate.
Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2007
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Apparently, most grocery-store goers shop for what they don’t want. Of course, they don’t want calories. But what about looking for the good stuff — the vitamins, nutrients, and other goodies listed on the side of the ...
Other
Feb 20, 2007
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Scientists at Carnegie’s Geophysical Laboratory have discovered a new type of phase transition—a change from one form to another—in vanadium, a metal that is commonly added to steel to make it harder and more durable. ...
General Physics
Feb 20, 2007
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AMD today introduced desktop processors designed for users seeking the ultimate in energy-conscious or high-performance computing.
Hardware
Feb 20, 2007
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Retroviruses have been around longer than humanity itself. In fact, the best-known family member, HIV, is a relative youngster, with its first known human infections occurring sometime in the mid-20th century.
Feb 20, 2007
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