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New hope for tapping vast domestic
reserves of oil shale
PhysOrg.com Sep. 22, 2008
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Researchers in Canada and Turkey
have developed a new process --
adding inexpensive iron powder to
oil shale and heating with electric
heating coils -- for economically
tapping vast resources of crude oil
in the United States, Canada, and
other countries now locked away in
oil...
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US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet'
Technology for Voiceless
Communication
PhysOrg.com Sep. 22, 2008
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Future soldiers may communicate
silently with sophisticated "thought
helmets" that detect a person's
brain waves, decode then into words,
and transmit them as radio waves to
the headphones of other soldiers.
(Jeff Corwin Photography,...
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Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data
Storage Density
PhysOrg.com Sep. 22, 2008
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Researchers from Intel Corporation
and Cal Tech have fabricated a
"nanopencil" with a nanoscale tip
that can be used as a scanning probe
in ultrahigh-density computer data
storage systems, achieving storage
density of 1 Tbits per square inch.
(Noureddine Tayebi, et...
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Gene Therapy Restores Sight
Wired Science Sep. 22, 2008
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With the help of gene therapy, two
people who once were blind now can
see, in an early-stage clinical
trial of gene therapy for Leber's
Congenital Amaurosis, a rare and
untreatable form of congenital
blindness....
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Japan hopes to turn sci-fi into
reality with elevator to the stars
Times Online Sep. 22, 2008
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Japan is hosting an international
conference in November to draw up a
timetable for a space-elevator
machine to power carriages that
climb 22,000 miles into space on a
carbon nanotube fiber. Artist's
impression of the platform of the
proposed space elevator A space
elevator could carry people, huge
space-solar-power generators, or
even...
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The mobile Internet you'll be using
in 10 years
Computerworld Sep. 22, 2008
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The U.S. military's next-generation
Advanced Extremely High Frequency
(EHF) communication satellite
network gives a glimpse of the sort
of data rates (~8 Mbps) and global
network you might be using on mobile
devices within the next decade. The
Transformational Satellite
Communications System (T-Sat) is
planned to replace Advanced EHF
starting...
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Invention: Infrared lie detector
New Scientist Tech Sep. 22, 2008
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Scott Bunce of Drexel University's
College of Medicine proposes to send
near-infrared light through the
skull into the brain and measure the
amount reflected back (depends on
levels of oxygen in the blood) to
determine brain activity (may be
related to lying), at higher
resolution than EEG and lower cost
than fMRI....
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Efficient, Cheap Solar Cells
Technology Review Sep. 23, 2008
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Suniva has developed 20 percent-
efficient solar cells using
lower-cost screen printing to add a
reflective layer, with a goal of 8
to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour -- the
average cost of electricity in the
United States and far less than
prices in many markets. (Suniva)...
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Nanotubes on the Brain
Technology Review Sep. 23, 2008
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University of Texas researchers are
coating brain-implant electrodes
with carbon nanotubes to make them
more conductive (less power needed,
so reduced battery drain for longer
life), reduce the size (fewer side
effects and tissue damage), and
reduce electrical noise (better
recording and feedback). Bare
electrode and nanotube-coated one...
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