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Mechanics Meets Chemistry In New Way To Manipulate Matter
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found a novel way to manipulate matter and drive chemical reactions along a desired direction. The new technique utilizes ... (Read More)
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Finding Math Hard? Blame Your Right Parietal Lobe
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Scientists have, for the first time, induced difficulties with mathematics (dyscalculia) in subjects who normally find math easy. The study, which finds that the right parietal lobe is responsible ... (Read More)
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Calculating A Sharper View Of Moon Geochemistry
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
A method of processing lunar image data significantly improves how finely scientists can discern a key geochemical feature of the Moon's surface, a new study finds.
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'Sensornets' Watching Wildlife Or Oilfields Make Batteries Last Longer Using New Communications Protocol
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
A new communication protocol for wireless sensor networks just released by the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute is the most efficient yet, with more than a tenfold ... (Read More)
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Handheld 'Smart' Museum Guide Unveiled
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
In a cooperative project, researchers from the Caesarea Rothschild Institute at the University of Haifa and The Center for Scientific and Technological Research (ITC-irst) of Trento, Italy ... (Read More)
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Biologically Based Quantum Computers? DNA, Proteins, And Peptides Could Help Construct New Nanoscale Electronics
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
The US Department of Defense is awarding a team of nine professors from six universities $6 million over five years to exploit precise biological assembly for the study of quantum physics in ... (Read More)
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Computers That Run On Light? Research Project Could Help Create New Photonic Devices
Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
A new research project could be an important step in bringing the dream of photonic computers -- devices run using light rather than electronics -- onto the desktop.
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New Device Safeguards Against Medication Errors At Home
Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Patients suffering from chronic illness can take six-to-nine different medications a day -- oftentimes more. Skipped doses, misinterpretation or labels, or confusion over what pills to take at ... (Read More)
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Online Tool Helps Physicians Improve Care Of Patients With Bleeding Disorder
Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Physicians who treat a blood disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, characterized by easy bruising and excessive bleeding, now have a new tool to help them provide the best care for ... (Read More)
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Engineer Creates First Academic Playstation 3 Computing Cluster
Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
The Sony Playstation 3 (PS3), Xbox and Nintendo Wii have captivated a generation of computer gamers with bold graphics and rapid-fire animation. But these high-tech toys can do a lot more than ... (Read More)
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Combating Friction And Stiction In Electronic Devices
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Micro-electro-mechanical systems, popularly referred to as MEMS, in small electronic devices often fail because of adhesion and stiction - the attractive force between the surfaces of interacting ... (Read More)
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Can Your IPod Hold 100,000 Songs?
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
New advances in thin film research could theoretically make a hard drive capable of about 155 gigabytes per square centimeter, far beyond the capacity of the iPod in your pocket today.
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World First In Medical Robotics: Researchers Successfully Control Wireless Device Inside Artery
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Some 40 years after the release of the classic science fiction movie Fantastic Voyage, researchers in the NanoRobotics Laboratory of ɣole Polytechnique de Montr顬's Department of ... (Read More)
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Scientists Are Wary Of Online Journals
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Scientists and researchers appreciate the speed by which online journals can distribute new findings to their colleagues and the academic world, but they fear non-traditional publication can ... (Read More)
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Manhattan-Size Calculation: Mathematicians Map One Of The Most Complicated Structures
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Mathematicians have mapped the inner workings of one of the most complicated structures ever studied: the object known as the exceptional Lie group E8. This achievement is significant both as an ... (Read More)
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Computer Imaging Assists With Facial Reconstructive Surgery
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
A new calibration technique that involves measuring the distance between the upper ear and chin in photographs could help facial plastic surgeons use computer imaging software to achieve aesthetic ... (Read More)
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Software Pinpoints Traffic Accident 'Hotspots'
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Ohio State University scientists have created software that can identify traffic accident hotspots on state roadways. The software is publicly available and can be adapted for use by any state. ... (Read More)
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Put On A Happy Face: Happy Digital Characters Sell More Than Sad Ones
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Even in the digital world, people respond to the expression of a computerized face. New Ohio State University research suggests that the simulated emotions of digital characters on web sites might ... (Read More)
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Spintronics: Making Computers Smaller and Faster
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Researchers have made an important advance in the emerging field of 'spintronics' that may one day usher in a new generation of smaller, smarter, faster computers, sensors and other devices, ... (Read More)
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Working To Develop Robotic Locomotion That Mimics Amoeba
Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:00 PM - 3 years, 4 months ago - Computer Science - ScienceDaily Computers-Math feed
Dennis Hong is designing his Whole Skin Locomotion (WSL) mechanism to work on much the same principle as the pseudopod -- or cytoplasmic "foot" -- of the amoeba. Preliminary experiments show that ... (Read More)
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