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Bringing Invisibility Cloaks Closer
Technology Review Aug.12, 2008
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Science and Nature posted papers on
the new UC Berkeley metamaterials on
Monday, revealing details of the
research. However, it will require
significant engineering developments
before the new materials can be used
for practical cloaking. A new
fishnet metamaterial that can bend
near-infrared light (Jason Valentine
et al.) Meanwhile,...
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RNAi Drug for Cholesterol
Technology Review Aug.12, 2008
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Scientists at Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals have found that a
single dose of a new drug using RNAi
lowers cholesterol up to 60 percent
in rodents and monkeys. The drug
might one day provide another option
for patients who are resistant to
existing cholesterol-lowering drugs
due to genetic factors, or it might
also be used in combination with...
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Canon Fuel Cell DSLR Update
Photography Bay Aug.10, 2008
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Canon has filed a patent
application claiming a method for
powering a digital SLR camera and
external components, such as lenses
and hotshoe...
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How to turn gas guzzlers into green
machines
New Scientist Environment Aug.11, 2008
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US citizens could save up to half
of 140 billion gallons of gasoline
they use each year, by driving
around in lightweight hybrid
vehicles, say MIT scientists. Hybrid
electric and plug-in hybrid electric
cars (with batteries that can be
topped up from the grid) offer the
greatest potential to replace
gasoline in the next 15 to 30 years,
they...
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Lab-grown tendons gradually fade to
bone
New Scientist Tech Aug. 11, 2009
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Georgia Institute of Technology
bioengineers have demonstrated a way
to grow tendons that gradually
"fade" to bone at one end,
strengthening the ends of the
attachment The technique uses a gene
that triggers the fibroblast cells
that make up tendons to start
forming bone. It should lead to more
lifelike artificially-grown tendons,
and better...
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Handle With Care
New York Times Aug. 11, 2009
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A growing number of experts say it
is time for a broad discussion of
environmental effects of emerging
geoengineering projects. Examples of
such projects include "fertilizing"
parts of the ocean with iron, in
hopes of encouraging
carbon-absorbing blooms of plankton;
and injecting chemicals into the
atmosphere, launching sun-reflecting
mirrors...
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A Plastic That Chills
Technology Review Aug.11, 2008
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Thin films of a new polymer
developed at Penn State change
temperature in response to changing
electric fields (the electrocaloric
effect). This could lead to new
technologies for cooling computer
chips and environmentally friendly
refrigerators....
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Robots learn to move themselves
BBC News Aug. 6, 2008
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Researchers at the Max Planck
Institute for Mathematics in the
Sciences have demonstrated software
for robots that allows them to
"learn" to move through trial and
error, using an artificial neural
network. Simulated human learned to
do back...
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