Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes
Sep 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities – with a variety of practical applications – is using carbon nanotubes for ...
Physicist's gadget lets you hear the sound of a perfect golf swing
Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Golf is a game of intense concentration. Golfers receive advice on the precise stance, grip, wrist angle, shoulder angle, head angle, and other details to improve their swings. But a new golf gadget developed ...
The thousand-ruby galaxy
Space & Earth science / Astronomy
Sep 02, 2008 |
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ESO's Wide Field Imager has captured the intricate swirls of the spiral galaxy Messier 83, a smaller look-alike of our own Milky Way. Shining with the light of billions of stars and the ruby red glow of hydrogen ...
Neuroscientist scans brain for clues on best time to multitask
Sep 02, 2008 |
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In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become an increasingly necessary part of our daily routine. Unfortunately, multitasking also is notoriously inefficient. However, a new brain imaging study led by a cognitive ...
Scientists Develop New Method to Investigate Origin of Life
Sep 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth. The team's method has the potential to trace the evolutionary ...
Transcend Introduces their 64GB Jet Flash V20 USB Flash Drive
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Transcend Information, Inc. is a leading manufacture of flash memory products. The V20 is small enough to fit into your shirt pocket and has semi-transparent color-band that lights up when in use. With 64 ...
Giant Furnace Opens to Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank
Space & Earth science / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank cast for the LSST is "perfect", say project astronomers and engineers.
Scientists grow 'nanonets' able to snare added energy transfer
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, Boston College chemists have produced nanonets, a flexible webbing of nano-scale wires that multiplies surface area critical to improving the performance ...
Wi-Spy 2.4x Spectrum Analyzer
Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 02, 2008 |
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This all new version has both its hardware and software upgraded. The Wi-Spy is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer that helps troubleshoot and analyze Wi-Fi networks for interference.
Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke
Sep 02, 2008 |
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A troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping to see ...
