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iRobot to develop 'ChemBot' for
military
CNET News June 18, 2008
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iRobot has been awarded a
multimillion-dollar R&D contract by
the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S.
Army Research Office for a new type
of soft, flexible "ChemBot" robot
for the military. The Chembot will
be a soft, flexible, mobile robot
that is "soft enough to squeeze or
traverse through small openings, yet
large...
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New Top 500 supercomputers list:
Blue Gene/L no longer fastest
KurzweilAI.net June 18, 2008
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The 31st edition of the TOP500
Supercomputer Sites list was
released today. The IBM-built Los
Alamos National Laboratory's
"Roadrunner" tops the list with a
performance of more than one
petaflop/s (1 quadrillion
calculations per second), the first
supercomputer to reach this
milestone. It is more than twice
fast as Blue Gene/L, the previous...
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AMD Stream Processor First to Break
1 Teraflop Barrier
PhysOrg.com June 16, 2008
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The AMD FireStream 9250 breaks the
one teraflop barrier for
single-precision processing
performance on a PC card. It
occupies a single PCI slot, with
consumption of less than 150 watts
and up to eight gigaflops per watt....
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Magnetic Genes
Technology Review June 18, 2008
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Emory University researchers have
used a bacterial gene to genetically
engineer mammalian cells into
producing magnetic nanoparticles,
making the cells easier to track in
MRI scans. Mouse brain with
magnetically active cells (John
Wiley & Sons) See Also Nanomagnetic
particles enhance MRI imaging...
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Virtual colonic irrigation gives
clear view of cancers
NewScientist.com news service June 17, 2008
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State University of New York at
Stony Brook researchers have
developed software for virtual
colonoscopy (using CT scans) that
detects smaller polyps and requires
less preparation than current
virtual colonoscopy methods. The
software can differentiate between
different body tissues (and
non-tissues), allowing the scan to
only show colon...
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Viral DNA imaged inside shell
KurzweilAI.net June 18, 2008
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UC San Diego researchers and
colleagues used electron microscopy
and 3D computer reconstruction to
find and image the structure of an
asymmetrical virus at 8 Angstroms
(.8 nanometer) resolution. Tightly
wound viral DNA in a bacteriophage
(UCSD) Previously, only symmetrical
spherical viruses had been imaged
with this resolution. The image...
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Grape seed extract may help treat
Alzheimer's disease
KurzweilAI.net June 18, 2008
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
researchers have found that an
extract from grape seeds reduces the
plaque formation and cognitive
decline of Alzheimer's disease in an
animal model. The major components
of the polyphenolic extract
(polyphenols are antioxidants) are
catechin and epicatechin, which are
also found in tea and cocoa. Society
for...
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Genetic-testing start-ups asked to
stop selling in Calif.
CNET News.Com June 17, 2008
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Genetic-testing start-up 23andMe
and a dozen of its California-based
peers were ordered by state health
officials last week to stop selling
DNA tests to consumers until their
operations could be investigated for
compliance with state...
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