Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently announced a major breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology, when they managed to get custom-built nanoparticles of precise shapes to self-assemble in a liquid crystal medium. Getting such structures to at least interact with each other ... |
25 November 2009
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When people go blind, they lose one of the most important senses an individual can have. Single-handedly, sight accounts for the usage of massive amounts of processing power inside the brain. When the sense vanishes, the brain is left with a lot of “computing hours” to spare, and scientists at the Univers... |
19 November 2009
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently developed a new type of nanostructures, which act in very much the same way fly paper does when it comes to catching, well, flies. The small structures are injected into the bloodstream, where they attract free-moving cancer cells, also kn... |
19 November 2009
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A recent survey has shown the physicians prescribing depression drugs to their patients usually select between one of two antidepressants, because these are the medicines they prescribe more often, and also the cures they feel most comfortably using. Sadly, this method of attributing medication to people does not tak... |
23 September 2009
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In their own time, ninjas were perfect at hiding themselves in the shadows, and at navigating the darkness flawlessly, away from any light. However, in modern time, they would be easily discovered by a soldier wearing infrared goggles, as ScienceDaily accurately points out. In an attempt to translate this reasoning t... |
22 September 2009
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Experts at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently uncovered a previously unknown mode of energy transfer in the planet's upper atmosphere, between solar winds and the Earth's magnetosphere shield. According to the team, the find may have vast implications in the field of designing ... |
11 September 2009
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According to a new scientific study, people who are obese tend to have up to eight percent less brain tissue than others of average weight. The paper also reveals that the brains of obesity patients also seem to be more than 16 years older than those of leaner people the same age as theirs. The results have also main... |
26 August 2009
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This may not be the first time such a piece of news reaches us, but it is the first time it can be regarded as more than wishful thinking. Creating such a blood analyzing cell phone seems to be possible in the very near future since scientists at UCLA have already come up with the necessary solution.The development o... |
22 December 2008
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A new UCLA study dealing with the safety of organ transplants abroad revealed concerning results. Two groups were involved in the research, one made up of people who went outside the United States for kidney transplants and the second containing people that underwent the complicated procedure and follow-up tests at t... |
16 October 2008
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After being more than once at the forefront of the environment-friendly side of the mobile industry, Nokia obviously continues to have green intentions, and the new PEIR concept is here to prove it. Developed by Nokia Research Center Palo Alto and UCLA (the University of California, Los Angeles), PEIR is a revolution... |
30 September 2008
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Almost two years after the release of Windows Vista, it is Windows XP that gets to play a role in the discovery of the largest prime number yet. At no less than 12,978,189 digits, the UCLA Mersenne Prime number is 243112609 - 1, and has been “christened” M46.Mersenne Prime researcher Landon Curt Noll has ... |
29 September 2008
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A group of scientists at the University of California (UCLA) has managed to get a five percent boost in conventional transistors' performance without tampering with the manufacturing process. However, they re-created the circuit shape and produced 30 percent shorter wires than in the conventional designs. The re... |
20 December 2007
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