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Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray
vision
PhysOrg.com Aug. 28, 2008
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A new study by Mark Changizi,
assistant professor of cognitive
science at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, has uncovered an to
binocular vision: our ability to see
through clutter. Changizi says human
eyes have evolved to be forward
facing, but that we now live in a
non-cluttered environment where we
might actually benefit more from...
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New master switch found in the
brain that regulates appetite and
reproduction
PhysOrg.com Aug. 31, 2008
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A master switch has been found in
the brain of mice that controls
both, and researchers at the Salk
Institute for Biological Studies say
it may work the same way in humans.
They suggest that variations in the
TORC1 gene, which produces this
master switch, could contribute a
genetic component to obesity and
infertility, and might be regulated...
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Physicists Rule Out the Production
of Dangerous Black Holes at the LHC
PhysOrg.com Sep. 1, 2008
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The "extremely hypothetical
scenario" in which black holes are
created at the Large Hadron Collider
and are stable, becoming trapped
within the Earth, cannot happen,
argue two physicists at the
University of California-Santa
Barbara and the European
Organization of Nuclear Research
(CERN)....
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Introducing the Twiller
New York Times Aug. 29, 2008
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Some writers have begun using
Twitter to write real-time stories,
140 characters at a...
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Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My!
New Ways to Sift Data
New York Times Aug. 30, 2008
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At an experimental IBM Web site,
Many Eyes, users can upload the data
they want to visualize, then try
sophisticated tools to generate
interactive displays and collaborate
with other users....
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Another Voice Warns of an
Innovation Slowdown
New York Times Aug. 31, 2008
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Judy Estrin, the former chief
technology officer of Cisco Systems,
is worried that short-term thinking,
reluctance to take risks, and
decline in federal and university
financing for research are causing
Silicon Valley -- and the United
States as a whole -- to no longer
foster the kind of innovation
necessary to develop groundbreaking
technologies...
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MIT scientists create virus-based
microbatteries
KurzweilAI.net Sep. 1, 2008
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Angela Belcher and other MIT
professors have developed a
virus-based method of creating and
installing microbatteries by
stamping them onto a variety of
surfaces. First, on a clear, rubbery
material, the team used a common
technique called soft lithography to
create a pattern of tiny posts
either four or eight microns in
diameter. On top of...
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Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass
the U.S.
New York Times Aug. 29, 2008
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While the United States carried 70
percent of the world's Internet
traffic a decade ago, the portion
has fallen to about 25 percent,
Andrew M. Odlyzko, a professor at
the University of Minnesota,
estimates....
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NASA's 'electronic nose' could
sniff out cancer
New Scientist Tech Aug. 29, 2008
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NASA's ENose, which detects
low-level leaks of ammonia in
shuttles, could act as a highly
sensitive detector of the
characteristic compounds produced by
cancer cells. Babak Kateb of City of
Hope Medical Center in Duarte,
California, says the ENose has
correctly diagnosed lung cancer and
diabetes in patients who have
breathed into it. He and his...
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New brain cells are essential for
learning
New Scientist news service Aug. 31, 2008
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Neurogenesis -- creation of new
brain cells -- is essential for
learning and memory, Kyoto
University researchers have...
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GeoEye signs deal to provide
imagery to Google
EE Times Aug. 28, 2008
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GeoEye Inc. plans to provide
imagery from its new $502 million
high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite
to Google Earth and Google Maps
after the spacecraft is launched on
Sept. 4. GeoEye's new satellite will
be the world's highest-resolution
commercial earth-imaging satellite,
offering images at .41 meters
resolution in black and white and
1.65...
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