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Tiny probe gives wide-angle view of
your insides
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 6, 2007
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An ultrasound probe about the size
of a grain of rice that could offer
panoramic views from inside the
human body is being tested by New
Mexico University researchers. They
say it could be threaded through
blood vessels in the brain or
swallowed like a...
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'Light trap' is a step towards
quantum memory
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 7, 2007
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Two teams have independently
succeeded in placing a cloud of
chilled rubidium atoms within an
optical cavity composed of a
Bose-Einstein condensate, which
traps light between two opposed
mirrors. The combination could one
day form a quantum memory...
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Congress to vote on open access and
NIH funds
Nature News Nov. 7, 2007
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US investigators funded by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
may soon be compelled to publish
only in journals that make their
research papers freely available
within one year of publication.
Congress is this week expected to
take final votes on a bill
incorporating this directive....
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Cancer-busters tap into grid
computing
iT Nov. 8, 2007
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Canadian researchers plan to
squeeze 162 years of cancer research
in how proteins function into just
two years by harnessing IBM's World
Community Grid network of PCs and
laptops, with the power equivalent
to one of the globe's top five
fastest...
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NASA satellites to predict and
prevent infectious disease outbreaks
Network World Nov. 7, 2007
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NASA and its Applied Sciences
Program will be using 14 satellites
to watch the Earth's environment and
help predict and prevent infectious
disease outbreaks around the world.
Through orbiting satellites, data is
collected daily to monitor
environmental changes. That
information is then passed on to
agencies such as the Centers for
Disease...
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How Silicon Valley could become the
Detroit of electric cars
Mercury News Nov. 7, 2007
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Last week's announcement by Shai
Agassi, a former SAP executive based
in Palo Alto, that he's raised $200
million for Better Place, a company
that will try to revolutionize the
electric car industry, is the latest
sign of this region's growing role
in one of the hottest sectors of the
automotive...
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Automated Custom Manufacturing
Technology Review Nov. 7, 2007
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A company called Ponoko intends to
help bring an end to the era of mass
production and opens up the way to
mass individualization--the creation
of one-of-a-kind products by way of
user-driven design and
manufacturing. A visitor to Ponoko's
website can either upload a digital
design for a product or select
another user's design, and within
five...
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A Better Recommendation Engine
Technology Review November 8, 2007
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Cleverset thinks it has the secret
to the next-generation
recommendation system. It weighs the
importance of the relationship among
individual shoppers, their behavior
on the site, the behavior of similar
shoppers, and external factors.
Using these ever-changing
relationships, Cleverset's system
serves up products that are
statistically likely...
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A Planetary System That Looks
Familiar
New York Times November 6, 2007
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Astronomers reported Tuesday that
there were at least five planets
circling a star 41 light-years from
here in the constellation Cancer,
known as 55 Cancri, where only four
had been known before. This makes it
the most extensive planetary system
yet found outside our own. It is
also the one that most resembles our
solar system, with a giant...
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Appetite Regulation Molecule Found
Science Daily Nov. 7, 2007
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Researchers from the Centre for
Immunology at St Vincent's Hospital
of Sydney, the University of New
South Wales, and the Garvan
Institute of Medical Research have
developed a novel way to control the
extreme weight loss common in late
stage cancer, giving people the
strength to survive treatment and
improve their chances of recovery.
They...
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Mirror, Mirror In The Brain: Mirror
Neurons, Self-understanding And
Autism Research
Science Daily Nov. 7, 2007
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Recent findings are rapidly
expanding researchers' understanding
of mirror neurons, which are active
both when people perform an action
and when they watch it being...
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New Insights Into How Natural
Antioxidants Fight Fat
Science Daily Nov. 8, 2007
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Scientists in Taiwan are reporting
new insights into why diets rich in
fruits and vegetables reduce the
risk of obesity. Their study focuses
on healthful natural antioxidant
compounds called flavonoids and
phenolic...
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