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Dreams: Night School
Psychology Today Magazine Nov/Dec 2007
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Finnish psychologist Antti Revonsuo
believes that dreams are a sort of
nighttime theater in which our
brains screen realistic scenarios.
This virtual reality simulates
emergency situations and provides an
arena for safe training....
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Scientists look to sperm to power
nanobots
MSNBC Jan. 2, 2007
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A tiny assembly line using ATP,
which powers the whip-like tail of
sperm, could be harnessed to propel
future nanobots or other tiny
medical devices inside the human
body, Cornell University scientists
report. (Atsushi Asano/Cornell
University) For their research, the
scientists used mouse sperm proteins
as templates so the proteins stuck...
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World's Smallest Projector Set for
Launch
PC Magazine Jan. 2, 2008
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Microvision is unveiling a full
functioning, self-contained
prototype of "the world's smallest
business and personal projector,"
using tiny lasers to shoot a WVGA
(848 by 480, roughly DVD resolution)
image on virtually any surface....
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The Genetics of Language
Technology Review January/February 2008
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Neurogeneticists have begun to
tease out how we evolved the
capacity for sophisticated speech,
using improved techniques for
detecting DNA, cutting-edge
analytical tools, and the genome
sequences of species from humans to
mice....
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The Year in Nanotech: Better
batteries and supersticky glues are
on the horizon
Technology Review Jan. 3, 2008
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Nanowires and nanotubes for
generating and storing energy, new
classes of materials that could
render objects invisible, and
non-stick or supersticky materials
are a few of the nanotechnology
items in Technology Review's "The
Year in...
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Model is first to compare
performance of biosensors
Science Daily Jan. 2, 2008
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Purdue University researchers have
developed a new modeling technique
to study and design miniature
biosensors, providing a conceptual
framework and computational model to
relate the shape of a sensor to its
performance and explain why certain
designs perform better than others.
Biosensors integrate electronic
circuitry with natural...
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When It Comes To Metal, Smaller Is
Stronger: Now Scientists Know Why
Science Daily Jan. 3, 2008
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Scientists have reported that a
previously unobserved process known
as "mechanical annealing" explains
why structures made of metal get
stronger as their dimensions shrink
to the micrometer scale or less....
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A Few of Our Favorite Things:
ScienceNOW's top stories of 2007
Science NOW Jan. 1, 2008
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Arguments that black holes do not
exist and quantum mechanics research
that finds an observer can change
the behavior of light, even after it
has been measured, are two of
Science Now's top stories of 2007....
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National Nanotechnology Initiative
releases new strategic plan
KurzweilAI.net Jan. 2, 2008
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The new 2007 NNI Strategic Plan for
the work of the National
Nanotechnology Initiative has been
released, describing the vision,
goals, and priorities of the NNI,
high-impact application
opportunities, and critical research
needs....
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