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World's First UV 'Ruler' Sizes Up Atomic World
Article Rating: 1 votes, 4.00 average. World's First UV 'Ruler' Sizes Up Atomic World

The world's most accurate "ruler" made with extreme ultraviolet light has been built and demonstrated with ultrafast laser pulses by scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder. ... Read more
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0 815 05-18-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Scientists create Self-Replicating robots
Scientists create Self-Replicating robots

One of the dreams of both science fiction writers and practical robot builders has been realized, at least on a simple level: Cornell University researchers have created a machine that can build copies of itself. http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/onecube72_thumb.jpgAdmittedly... Read more
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2 907 05-12-2005 by orbsycli Go to last post
 
New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment
New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment

In a challenge to conventional wisdom, scientists have found that buckyballs dissolve in water and could have a negative impact on soil bacteria. The findings raise new questions about how the nanoparticles might behave in the environment and how they should be regulated, according to a... Read more
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0 788 05-09-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
U-M researchers make bendable concrete
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. U-M researchers make bendable concrete

A new type of fiber-reinforced bendable concrete will be used for the first time in Michigan this summer-and University of Michigan scientists hope that their new material will find widespread use across the country. http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/bending_thumb.jpgThe new... Read more
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2 1,063 05-05-2005 by Turtle Go to last post
 
UCLA researchers create nuclear fusion in lab
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. UCLA researchers create nuclear fusion in lab

Attempts to create controlled nuclear fusion - the process that powers stars - have been a source of continuing controversy. Scientists have struggled for decades to effectively harness nuclear fusion in hot plasma for energy generation - potentially a cleaner alternative to the... Read more
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0 1,200 05-01-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
CyberWalk - Unconstrained Walking in Virtual Worlds
CyberWalk - Unconstrained Walking in Virtual Worlds

European project started for the development of a new platform for walking in virtual worlds http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/cyberwalk_thumb.jpgThe development of a walking platform which will allow unconstrained movement in virtual worlds is the goal of the CyberWalk... Read more
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0 817 04-29-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Chip-scale Refrigerators Cool Bulk Objects
Chip-scale Refrigerators Cool Bulk Objects

Chip-scale refrigerators capable of reaching temperatures as low as 100 milliKelvin have been used to cool bulk objects for the first time, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report. The solid-state refrigerators have applications such as cooling... Read more
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0 683 04-22-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
New superlens opens door to nanoscale optical imaging
New superlens opens door to nanoscale optical imaging

A group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is giving new relevance to the term "sharper image" by creating a superlens that can overcome a limitation in physics that has historically constrained the resolution of optical images. ... Read more
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0 1,310 04-21-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Spontaneous ignition discovery
Article Rating: 1 votes, 4.00 average. Spontaneous ignition discovery

Zhiyu Hu believes it is possible to match nature's highly efficient method to convert chemicals into thermal energy at room temperature, and he has data and a published paper to support his theory. In a paper scheduled to appear in the May 18 print issue of the American Chemical... Read more
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0 892 04-20-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Nanomagnets Bend the Rules
Nanomagnets Bend the Rules

Nanocomposite materials seem to flout conventions of physics. In the latest example of surprising behavior, reported by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Brookhaven National Laboratory, a class of nanostructured materials that are key components... Read more
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0 729 04-20-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Intelligent plastics change shape with light
Article Rating: 1 votes, 3.00 average. Intelligent plastics change shape with light

Picture a flower that opens when facing the sunlight. In work that mimics that sensitivity to light, an MIT engineer and his German colleagues have created the first plastics that can be deformed and temporarily fixed into shape by light. ... Read more
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0 1,034 04-14-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Optical computer made from frozen light
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. Optical computer made from frozen light

Scientists at Harvard University have shown how ultra-cold atoms can be used to freeze and control light to form the “core” – or central processing unit – of an optical computer. Optical computers would transport information ten times faster than traditional electronic devices, smashing... Read more
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0 852 04-13-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Video Game Degree Anyone?
Video Game Degree Anyone?

Gamers can now take their interest in computer games to the ultimate level. The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University is offering the first undergraduate university degree program in software engineering that focuses on game design. ... Read more
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2 1,516 04-13-2005 by alexander Go to last post
 
Adobe Reader released for Linux
Article Rating: 1 votes, 4.00 average. Adobe Reader released for Linux

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced immediate availability of Adobe Reader 7.0 for the Linux operating system. With the availability of the company's universal client software for Linux®, Adobe now supports the ability to reliably view and print content across all major operating... Read more
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0 857 04-12-2005 by alexander Go to last post
 
New material structure produces world's fastest transistor
Article Rating: 2 votes, 5.00 average. New material structure produces world's fastest transistor

A new type of transistor structure, invented by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has broken the 600 gigahertz speed barrier. The goal of a terahertz transistor for high-speed computing and communications applications could now be within reach. ... Read more
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0 787 04-11-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
NASA Tests Shape-Shifting Robot Pyramid for Nanotech Swarms
NASA Tests Shape-Shifting Robot Pyramid for Nanotech Swarms

Like new and protective parents, engineers watched as the TETWalker robot successfully traveled across the floor at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Robots of this type will eventually be miniaturized and joined together to form "autonomous nanotechnology swarms"... Read more
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2 973 04-01-2005 by Tormod Go to last post
 
Engineers Develop Undetectable Means Of Measuring Speed, Motion
Engineers Develop Undetectable Means Of Measuring Speed, Motion

Research aimed at teaching robots to "see" may soon make it possible to bag speeding motorists, track enemy planes, and automatically safeguard the nation’s borders and resources without any chance of detection. http://www.hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/speedtrap.jpgA University... Read more
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0 914 03-31-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
New Virtual Reality Chair To Explore Frontier Of 'Telepresence'
New Virtual Reality Chair To Explore Frontier Of 'Telepresence'

The closest many of us have come to imagining virtual reality is the holodeck, a fantasy playground featured on the television series Star Trek. http://www.hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/marduk_thumb.jpgSuch flights of fancy are no longer the stuff of science fiction, however.... Read more
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3 1,096 03-29-2005 by orbsycli Go to last post
 
Snake-like robot conquers obstacles
Article Rating: 2 votes, 4.00 average. Snake-like robot conquers obstacles

A virtually unstoppable "snakebot" developed by a University of Michigan team that resembles a high-tech slinky as it climbs pipes and stairs, rolls over rough terrain and spans wide gaps to reach the other side. http://www.hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/OmniTread1_thumb.jpgThe... Read more
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1 817 03-22-2005 by Turtle Go to last post
 
New Architecture Proposed for Quantum Computing
Article Rating: 2 votes, 4.50 average. New Architecture Proposed for Quantum Computing

A full-scale quantum computer could produce reliable results even if its components performed no better than today’s best first-generation prototypes, according to a paper by a scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the March 3 issue of the journal Nature*. ... Read more
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