Search results for author:(lin edwards)

Hi Tech & Innovation Oct 6, 2010

Flexible and transparent OLEDs from TDK (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flexible and translucent organic displays have been developed by TDK for use in “bendable” mobile phones and other gadgets, and the bendable display is expected to go into mass production by the ...

Engineering Oct 5, 2010

SkyLifter airship may one day carry buildings (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Australian aeronautical company is developing a giant balloon that will one day be capable of carrying payloads more than seven times the maximum load carried by a heavy cargo helicopter. The inventors ...

Energy & Green Tech Oct 4, 2010

Jaguar’s new electric concept supercar -- the C-X75

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new Jaguar C-X75 supercar concept model unveiled last week is primarily a plug-in electric car but with the added power and performance of micro gas turbines (jet engines) that would make it the fastest ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 4, 2010

Horizontal gene transfer in microbes much more frequent than previoulsy thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests that genes are transferred from one micro-organism to another up to a hundred million times more frequently than previously thought.

Biochemistry Oct 1, 2010

Cancer diagnosis breakthrough

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Taiwan have developed a new imaging contrast agent that will enable cancer patients to undergo CT and MRI scans on the same day, cutting diagnosis time in half.

Earth Sciences Sep 30, 2010

Plan to use submarines to subdue typhoons/hurricanes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Japanese hydraulic manufacturing company has unveiled plans to use submarines to downgrade the force of typhoons. The company, Ise Kogyo, from Mie in Central Japan, has had patents approved in Japan and ...

Archaeology Sep 30, 2010

How plants drove animals to the land

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of ancient oxygen levels presents the first concrete evidence that after aquatic plants evolved and boosted the levels of oxygen aquatic life exploded, leading to fierce competition that eventually ...

Robotics Sep 29, 2010

The iCub robot learns archery

(PhysOrg.com) -- The humanoid robot iCub has learned a new skill: archery. After being taught how to hold a bow and shoot an arrow, it learned for itself how to improve its aim, and was so successful it could hit a bullseye ...

Computer Sciences Sep 29, 2010

Researchers say web searches are good predictors of success

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Yahoo! have been collecting data on Web searches for movies and games and comparing them with other predictors of success, such as product reviews and production budgets, and have discovered ...

Archaeology Sep 28, 2010

Early sunflower family fossil found in South America

(PhysOrg.com) -- A beautifully preserved fossil identified as being of an early relative of the Asteraceae, or aster, family nearly 50 million years old suggests the plant family, which has now colonized much of the planet, ...

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