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Genetic 'telepathy'? A bizarre new
property of DNA
PhysOrg.com Jan. 28, 2008
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Scientists are reporting evidence
that intact, double-stranded DNA has
the "amazing" ability to recognize
identical nucleotide sequences in
other DNA strands from a distance of
more than one nanometer of water.
This recognition may help increase
the accuracy and efficiency of the
homologous recombination of genes --
a process responsible for...
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Tuning In to Nanotube Radio
Technology Review Feb. 5, 2008
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Researchers at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have
made scalable radio-frequency analog
electronics in which all of the
transistor-based devices, including
the antennas and amplifiers, are
built out of nanotube transistors.
Other groups have demonstrated the
use of single nanotubes in radio
circuits, but in this design,...
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Team develops energy-efficient
microchip
PhysOrg.com Feb. 4, 2008
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MIT and Texas Instruments
researchers have unveiled a new chip
design for portable electronics that
can be up to 10 times more
energy-efficient than present
technology. The design could lead to
cell phones, implantable medical
devices and sensors that last far
longer when running from a battery.
One future goal for implantable
medical...
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Bio-crude turns cheap waste into
valuable fuel
Science Daily Feb. 4, 2008
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CSIRO and Monash University have
developed a chemical process that
turns green waste into a stable
bio-crude oil usable for producing
high- value chemicals and biofuels,
including both gasoline and diesel
replacement fuels. The process uses
low-value waste such as forest
thinnings, crop residues, waste
paper and garden waste, significant...
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Sniffling mice raise therapy hope
BBC News Feb. 4, 2008
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In a study led by London's Imperial
College, scientists have created a
mouse that can catch a cold, raising
hopes of new ways to treat serious
respiratory conditions and asthma.
It had been thought rhinoviruses,
which cause most human colds and can
trigger asthma attacks, could only
affect higher primates. Rhinoviruses
were discovered 50...
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Eyes to the skies getting bigger
news.yahoo.com Feb. 4, 2008
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Astronomers are drawing up plans
for the biggest, most powerful
telescopes ever constructed, capable
of peering far deeper into the
universe--and further back in
time--than ever before. Using
adaptive optics and bigger mirrors
(with smaller mirror segments pieced
together), the new telescopes should
be able to gaze back to within a few
hundred...
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Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion
Transistors
PhysOrg.com Feb. 4, 2008
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Intel has just announced the first
microchip that contains more than
two billion transistors. The Tukwila
chip is a quad-core chip designed
for high-end servers and is based on
65-nanometer technology. Intel will
begin implementing Tukwila in the
second half of 2008, when it will
replace Intel&#180;s previous
dual-core chip, the 9100 series...
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2007 Turing Award Winners Announced
Dr. Dobbs Portal February 04, 2008
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Recipients of the 2007 A.M. Turing
Award were Edmund M. Clarke of the
University of Texas, a professor at
Carnegie Mellon University; E. Allen
Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis, of the
University of Grenoble. They were
awarded $250,000 for their work on
model checking, an automated method
for finding design errors in
computer hardware and software....
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UN: climate change may cost $20
trillion
AP Jan. 30, 2008
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Global warming could cost the world
up to $20 trillion over two decades
for cleaner energy sources and do
the most harm to people who can
least afford to adapt, U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns
in a new...
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