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Dentist Discovers A New Biological Clock |
| 4/6/2008 |
Our biological rhythm controls many metabolic functions and is based on the circadian rhythm, which is a roughly 24-hour cycle that is important in determining sleeping and feeding patterns, cell regeneration, and other biological processes in mammals |
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Top 5 Recreational Drug Experiments |
| 4/6/2008 |
Recreational drugs are a ridiculously fun topic for scientific research. They could also be the inspiration for powerful new medications. We are often amazed by the fascinating, and sometimes hilarious, stories that make their way into peer-reviewed journals. |
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MSV Makes "Lost" Satellite Phone Real |
| 4/5/2008 |
The satellite phone used by the "freighter folk" on Lost looks like no satellite phone out there ... yet. But a new sat-phone company, MSV (Mobile Satellite Ventures) has developed a prototype phone that looks strikingly like the touch-screen satphone Naomi |
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UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells |
| 4/5/2008 |
Researchers from the Nano Machine Center at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have developed a novel type of nanomachine that can capture and store anticancer drugs inside tiny pores and release them into cancer cells in response to light. Known as a "nanoimpeller," the device is the first light-powered nanomachine that operates inside a living cell, a development that has strong implications for cancer treatment. |
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Scientists teach a computer to recognize attractiveness in women |
| 4/5/2008 |
“Beauty,” goes the old saying, “is in the eye of the beholder.” But does the beholder have to be human? Not necessarily, say scientists at Tel Aviv University. Amit Kagian, an M.Sc. graduate from the TAU School of Computer Sciences, has successfully “taught” a computer how to interpret attractiveness in women. |
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Microsoft Told to Pay Alcatel-Lucent $368 Million |
| 4/5/2008 |
Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, was told to pay $368 million after a jury found it infringed two patents owned by Alcatel-Lucent SA for touch- screen form entry and use of a stylus on computers. |
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How to beat spyware and viruses, 2008 edition |
| 4/4/2008 |
The last time I wrote a piece on how to remove spyware from your computer was in 2006. Time for an update, I think. Here's my perennial "How to Beat Spyware" howto, revised and updated for 2008 (and combined into a single file instead of two parts). |
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Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands? |
| 4/4/2008 |
Despite national campaigns encouraging patients to take an active role in improving hospital safety, many patients aren’t comfortable asking doctors challenging questions about their care, a new report shows. |
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New species of infectious disease found in Amazon |
| 4/2/2008 |
While investigating the tropical disease leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon, an infectious disease specialist from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has uncovered new, emerging bacteria that may be responsible for up to 40 percent of cases of the disease. |
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Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy |
| 4/2/2008 |
Texas may be best known for "Big Oil." But the oil that could some day make a dent in the country's use of fossil fuels is small. Microscopic, in fact: algae. Literally and figuratively, this is green fuel. . . . .[keywords :Global Green Solutions, solar absorption, algae ,open ponds, evaporation, contamination, plant species, cellulosic ethanol, switchgrass , plant stover, soybeans, Spirulina , ,C02 , photosynthesis., algae game., Energy Security and Independence Act, biofuels ] |
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Google Docs Aims At Microsoft Office Live With 'Gears |
| 4/1/2008 |
Google took an important step forward Monday in its rivalry with Microsoft Office Live, reporting that Google Docs will allow users to edit word processing documents offline. |
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UNIX Timeline |
| 4/1/2008 |
A chart showing UNIX history / timeline from 1969 to 2008 |
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Harry Porter's Relay Computer |
| 3/31/2008 |
COmputer made of relays |
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Nanomaterial turns radiation directly into electricity |
| 3/31/2008 |
Materials that directly convert radiation into electricity could produce a new era of spacecraft and even Earth-based vehicles powered by high-powered nuclear batteries |
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XCOR Unveils Suborbital Spacecraft Plans |
| 3/30/2008 |
XCOR Aerospace has thrown its hat into the space tourism ring by announcing plans to develop a two-seat, sub-orbital spacecraft called the Lynx. |
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Regrowing Limbs: Can People Regenerate Body Parts? |
| 3/30/2008 |
A salamander’s limbs are smaller and a bit slimier than those of most people, but otherwise they are not that different from their human counterparts. |
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The death of the silicon computer chip |
| 3/29/2008 |
The reign of the silicon chip is over, according to physicists who predict that the conventional silicon chip has no longer than four years left to run . . . . |
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Building EKA - The world’s fastest privately funded supercomputer |
| 3/29/2008 |
Eka, built by CRL, Pune is the world’s 4th fastest supercomputer, and the fastest one that didn’t use government funding. This is the same supercomputer referenced in Yahoo!’s recent announcement about cloud computing research at the Hadoop Summit. . . . . |
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World's first lightest modular mobile device, |
| 3/26/2008 |
Meet modu, the world's first lightest modular mobile device, allowing you to slip modu into a verity of modu jackets and modu mates according to your style ... |
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Australian WiMAX pioneer trashes technology as "miserable failure" |
| 3/24/2008 |
Australia’s first WiMAX operator, Hervey Bay’s Buzz Broadband, has closed its network, with the CEO labeling the technology as a “disaster” that “failed miserably.” |
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