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Can light travel backwards?

In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science on how they've gone one step further: pushing light into reverse.
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Nanotubes used for first time to send signals to nerve cells

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Technology news // 09 May, 2006 06:05:00
 Texas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes - the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells.

World-Leading Microscope Shows More Detail Than Ever

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Technology news // 02 May, 2006 07:05:06
 A unique 3-dimensional microscope that works in a new way is giving unprecedented insight into microscopic internal structure and chemical composition. It is revealing how materials are affected, over time, by changes in temperature, humidity, weight load and other conditions.

Artificial compound eye fabricated in lab

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Technology news // 27 April, 2006 07:04:10
 Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers at University of California, Berkeley, has created a series of artificial compound eyes.

University of Utah to Help Build Bionic Arm

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Technology news // 24 April, 2006 09:04:16
 University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of Defense contract worth up to $55 million to develop the new device for soldiers and potentially others whose arms were amputated.

Simulations Take Us Inside The Mind Of Einstein

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Technology news // 17 April, 2006 11:04:46
 For years scientists trying to visualize the concept of gravitational waves churned by the collision of black holes have relied largely on artists' conceptions. Now, at long last, they have Einstein's conception.

Single-molecule diode may change Moore's "law"

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Technology news // 03 April, 2006 07:04:52
 Researchers from the University of South Florida, the University of Chicago and the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) have recently developed the principles of operation and completed an experimental testing of a single molecule for use as a diode. A paper explaining their research has just been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters by the American Physical Society.

Carbon fiber cars could put U.S. on highway to efficiency

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Technology news // 20 March, 2006 08:03:05
 Highways of tomorrow might be filled with lighter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in part from recycled plastics, lignin from wood pulp and cellulose.

Purdue creates portable mass spectrometer

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Technology news // 19 March, 2006 07:03:56
 Researchers at Purdue University have shown how a new ultra-fast chemical-analysis tool has numerous promising uses for detecting everything from cancer in the liver to explosives residues on luggage and "biomarkers" in urine that provide an early warning for diseases.

Researchers Develop Foundation for Circuitry and Devices Based on Graphite

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Technology news // 16 March, 2006 08:03:06
 Graphite, the material that gives pencils their marking ability, could be the basis for a new class of nanometer-scale electronic devices that have the attractive properties of carbon nanotubes - but could be produced using established microelectronics manufacturing techniques.

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