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UN meeting gives telcos access to
terrestrial TV spectrum
The Economic Times Nov. 16, 2007
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A UN telecoms meeting has decided
to give mobile service providers
access to bandwidth currently
reserved for terrestrial UHF
television broadcasts, offering the
promise of high-speed Internet
access on-the-move anywhere in the
world by 2015, at lower cost. A U.S.
government auction scheduled for
February is expected to fetch up to
US$15...
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The hormone of darkness: melatonin
could hurt memory formation at night
PhysOrg.com Nov. 15, 2007
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Gregg W. Roman, assistant professor
in the Department of Biology and
Biochemistry at the University of
Houston, has found that melatonin
directly inhibits memory formation
at night, based on experiments with
zebrafish. The experiments also
suggest that the use of melatonin
receptor antagonists may allow for
retaining the beneficial effects of...
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Research shows the brain's
processing speed is significantly
faster than real time
PhysOrg.com Nov. 15, 2007
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Bruce McNaughton, a University of
Arizona professor of psychology and
physiology, and his colleague David
Euston have shown that during sleep,
the reactivated memories of
real-time experiences are processed
within the brain at a higher rate of
speed. That rate can be as much as
six or seven times faster, and what
McNaughton calls "thought...
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First Direct Images of Carbon
Nanotubes Entering Cells
PhysOrg.com Nov. 15, 2007
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For the first time, scientists have
directly imaged carbon nanotubes
entering and migrating within human
cells, determining as a result that
whether the nanotubes cause cell
death depends on the dose and
exposure time. Transmission electron
microscope image shows carbon
nanotubes (dark areas) within a cell...
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Digital Actors in 'Beowulf' Are
Just Uncanny
New York Times Nov. 14, 2007
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The computer-animated movie
"Beowulf" uses a sophisticated new
technique to capture performances by
famous actors. While still in the
"uncanny valley," it "pushes digital
acting far beyond anything I've seen
before," according to the Times
reviewer. The movie opens Friday
Nov. 16, available in IMAX 3D or
REALD 3D in selected theaters....
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Don't Forget to Back Up Your Brain
Fox News November 15, 2007
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Renowned computer scientist Gordon
Bell, head of Microsoft's Media
Presence Research Group, is
developing "surrogate memory"
lifelogging technology. An early
version of this, MyLifeBits, is "a
system aimed at capturing
cyber-content in the course of daily
life with the goal of being able to
utilize it in various ways at work,
in our personal...
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Genetic-Engineering Competitors
Create Modular DNA Dev Kit
Wired Nov. 13, 2007
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The International Genetically
Engineered Machines held a
competition held in Cambridge,
Massachusetts last week. Peking
University students created tiny
assembly lines out of bacteria.
Their entry, "Towards a
Self-Differentiated Bacterial
Assembly Line," won them the grand
prize among 50 teams from around the
world. The event hopes to make...
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Dew-harvesting 'web' conjures water
out of thin air
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 15, 2007
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A portable dew-harvesting kit
inspired by a spider's web is being
developed by Israeli architects for
use in areas where clean and safe
water is scarce. An inverted pyramid
canopy catches dew and directs it
towards a collection and filtration
unit ( Joseph Cory) Their design,
called WatAir, consists of an
inverted pyramid of sheet...
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Molecular 'amplifier' boosts DNA
computing
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 15, 2007
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California Institute of Technology
researchers have developed the
building blocks for DNA-based logic
gates, amplifiers, and other
nanoelectronic circuits. The
approach could be embedded in
biochemical logic circuits and "used
to amplify weak signals and thus
increase the speed and performance
of the circuit," said Roy Bar-Ziv of
the Weizmann...
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