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A language-learning application that's already big in Japan is coming to the U.S. in the form of a new iPhone app. Smart.fm, based in Tokyo, says...
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:: 08 November, 2009
Dampening a light-sensing reaction in the eye might slow a common cause of blindness.
Molecules designed to slow the production of toxic...
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:: 08 November, 2009
A government-funded start-up claims it can make ionic liquid energy storage feasible.
A spinoff from Arizona State University says it can...
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:: 08 November, 2009
By building thin, flexible silicon electronics on silk substrates, researchers have made electronics that almost completely dissolve inside the...
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:: 08 November, 2009
About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT’s...
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:: 08 November, 2009
CMOS image sensors in special cameras – as used for driver assistance systems – mostly only provide monochrome images and have a limited...
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:: 07 November, 2009
Standard laser devices are fast enough for measuring the size of a room, but they need to be faster for outdoor mobile applications. Researchers...
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:: 07 November, 2009
Solar wafers for use in the production of photovoltaic systems are extremely sensitive. In a test and demonstration center research is being...
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:: 07 November, 2009
Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not...
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:: 07 November, 2009
The manufacture of parts by compaction and sintering involves filling a die with metal powder. Research scientists have simulated this process...
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:: 05 November, 2009
NOAA scientists took off Saturday on the second phase of a mission that, when complete, will provide a detailed view of how carbon dioxide and...
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:: 05 November, 2009
Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that...
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:: 04 November, 2009
Sniff, sniff, sniff — Yum! Sniff, sniff, sniff — Oh, yuck!!!
For almost 25 years, chemists and other scientists have tried to build a machine...
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It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering...
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:: 03 November, 2009
Tiny laser-scanning microscope images brain cells in freely moving animals.By building a tiny microscope small enough to be carried around on a...
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:: 03 November, 2009
When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But...
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:: 03 November, 2009
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor...
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:: 01 November, 2009
Inspired by water-resistant lotus leaves, the Pitt-developed solution repels freezing rain and provides the first evidence of anti-icing ability in...
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MIT engineer Joel Dawson and colleagues built a handheld probe that could help doctors monitor muscle atrophy in patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease...
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:: 31 October, 2009
A company that makes steel for bearings used in heavy trucks had a big problem. The trucks travel through harsh, perilous environments such as...
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