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Science and Technology
Jun 22, 2010
NETRA, an add-on for mobile phones, enables users to quickly and inexpensively test their eyesight. Photo courtesy Andy Ryan CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- There are two standard systems for determining a prescription for eyeglasses. One is to have the patient look…
Jun 22, 2010
A multidisciplinary team of investigators from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embarked June 17 on a twelve-day research effort in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the R/V Endeavor, conducting three simultaneous projects funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) RAPID program.…
Jun 20, 2010
It turns out the old saying is right the nose really does know. And when it comes to sharks, the nostrils are particularly discriminating. Combined with the ability to detect underwater vibrations, sharks are able to zero in on the…
May 20, 2010
by Staff Sgt. Julius V. Delos Reyes 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AFNS) -- Construction has begun to build a $680,000 geothermal plant here, the first of its kind in U.S. Air Forces in Europe. "Aviano…
May 13, 2010
Photograph of Mount St. Helens as it was erupting with a giant ash cloud rising up. Vancouver, Wash. On Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helens slid away in a massive landslide…
May 12, 2010
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled, beginning 4.568 billion years ago. Results of a new study, funded by the National…
May 11, 2010
Researchers from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created and programmed robots the size of single molecule that can move independently across a nano-scale track. This development, outlined in…
May 3, 2010
Solid-state Motorola M3 Media Server provides efficient delivery of on-demand media to any device, enables creation of scalable content delivery network HORSHAM, Pa. The Mobile Devices and Home business of Mototrola, Inc (NYSE: MOT) introduced a new family of on-demand…
Apr 25, 2010
Earthquake research will receive approximately $4 million in grants from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2010, with support going to 47 universities, state geological surveys and private firms. These external research grants are an important component of our overall…
Apr 18, 2010
Singapore - The six major energy-using countries of East Asia could stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without compromising growth, a new World Bank report has found. The report, Winds of Change: East Asias Sustainable Energy FutureÂÂÂ, says major…
Feb 16, 2010
Computational Model Can Be Used to Identify Regulatory Elements for Other Organs, Tissues Scientists have devised a new computational model that can be used to reveal genetic regulatory elements responsible for development of the human heart and maintenance of its…
Jan 28, 2010
Though they are the largest and most widely scattered objects in the universe, galaxies do go bump in the night. The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed many pairs of galaxies colliding. Like snowflakes, no two examples look exactly alike. This…