Over one-third of the world's population already lives in areas struggling to keep up with the demand for fresh water. By 2025, that number will nearly double. Some countries have met the challenge by tapping into natural ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2011
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There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond.
Nanophysics
Aug 4, 2011
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An international team of researchers led by scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that motion sickness on tilting trains can be essentially eliminated by adjusting the timing of when the cars tilt as they ...
Engineering
Aug 4, 2011
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Jim Bowers is playing with time during this year's sold-out Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.
Other
Aug 4, 2011
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The avatar is displayed on the monitor of the Audi Mulitmedia Interface that comes standard in all new Audi models. The virtual figure understands complete sentences. Using artificial intelligence, AviCoS interprets questions ...
Engineering
Aug 4, 2011
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(AP) -- U.S. government forecasters say the rest of the Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be busy, with an above-average number of storms.
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2011
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Researchers have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into sperm. This finding, reported in the journal Cell in a special online release on August 4th, opens up new avenues for infertility research and treatment. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2011
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Researchers have come up with a recipe for making functional neurons directly from human skin cells, including those taken from patients with Alzheimer's disease. The new method may offer a critical short cut for generating ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2011
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(AP) -- Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows anyone to edit its entries, says it is losing contributors.
Internet
Aug 4, 2011
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Whether it is a purple potato to fit a niche market or finding varieties resistant or at least tolerant to psyllid infestations, Dr. Creighton Miller has a potato plant in Texas aimed at meeting a grower's need.
Biotechnology
Aug 4, 2011
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