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Bandwidth on Demand
Technology Review Feb. 14, 2008
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Internet2, a nonprofit advanced
networking consortium in the United
States, is designing a new network
intended to open up large amounts of
dedicated bandwidth as needed, but
its underlying technologies could
one day filter into the commercial
Internet. It could be used, for
example, to carry high-definition
video to...
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New Technique Makes Tissues
Transparent
Science Daily Feb. 13, 2008
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California Institute of Technology,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne, and MIT researchers have
developed a technique that
counteracts the scattering of light
and removes the distortion it
creates in images. The "turbidity
suppression by optical phase
conjugation" (TSOPC) techniques used
a holographic crystal to record the
scattered...
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Carbon Capture Strategy Could Lead
To Emission-free Cars
Science Daily Feb. 14, 2008
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Researchers at the Georgia
Institute of Technology have
developed a strategy to capture,
store and eventually recycle carbon
from vehicles. They envision a
transportation system completely
free of fossil...
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Map reveals US disaster hotspots
New Scientist news service Feb. 12, 2008
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University of South Carolina,
Columbia scientists have created a
map that shows where people would be
hit hardest were a natural disaster
to...
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Disney Revives 'House of the
Future'
AP Feb. 13, 2008
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Disney plans to open its $15
million Innoventions Dream Home in
May, a collaboration with Microsoft,
Hewlett-Packard, and others. Much of
the project will showcase a network
that makes the house "smart" and
follows family members from room to
room, even adjusting artwork to
preset personal...
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FBI warns of Valentine's Day
'Storm'
Computerworld Feb. 13, 2008
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"With the holiday approaching, be
on the lookout for spam e-mails
spreading the Storm Worm malicious
software," the FBI said yin an alert
posted to the home page of its Web
site Tuesday. "The Storm Worm virus
has capitalized on various holidays
in the last year by sending millions
of e-mails advertising an e-card
link within the text of the...
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Functional Immune System Can Be
Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells,
Preliminary Study Finds
Science News Feb. 13, 2008
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A team of scientists from Iowa,
Taiwan, and Germany demonstrates for
the first time that embryonic stem
cells can be used to create
functional immune system blood
cells. This is an important step in
the use of embryonic stem cells as
an alternative source of cells for
bone marrow transplantation....
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Fabric may make the first real
power suit
Nature News Feb. 13, 2008
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Georgia Institute of Technology
researchers have made a yarn out of
nanofibres that produce a charge
when rubbed against one another.
Materials woven from these yarns
could be used for self-powering
clothes, shoes or biological
implants such as pacemakers....
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