- Sunday, February 28, 2010, 22:44
- Feature, General Science
Latest earthquake struck Chile with an 8.8 magnitue. Epicenter 35.826°S 72.669°W, depth of 59.4, and left 214 people dead. By far, this was the largest quake reported by the global community since, the magnitude 7 quake that hit Haiti. As expected, when there's an earthquake, a tsunami is sure to follow. And indeed the "domino" ...
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- Saturday, February 6, 2010, 11:24
- Energy Research, General Science
The effort in finding ways to conserve our energy resources is of great importance in recent years. But, eventually, these resources will soon deplete and what’s left for us to power those “gizmos” that rely most our daily activities?
Solar power, is the most lucrative and practical light source. To gather them ...
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- Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 23:34
- Energy Research, General Science
With the devastating result of a 7.0 magnitude quake, most of Haiti’s infrastructures have been brought to ruble. Power infrastructures have been greatly affected. Scarcity of electricity is widespread due to low supply of Diesel Fuel for generators. Sunshine would be the best relief.
Dow Chemical, a chemical giant pushes the development of its roof ...
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- Sunday, November 22, 2009, 2:16
- Multimedia Accessories, Robotics
Raytheon Company - technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world, unveiled its first Multi-Dimensional Mobility Robot (MDMR).
Together with the US Army, this snake-like unmanned ground vehicle, is the most technologically mature of its kind. Like other unmanned robotic technology, this one will be operated ...
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- Sunday, November 22, 2009, 1:59
- General Science
For more than 2 decades, a number of methods were introduce to the world on how to cure human burn problems that will help alleviate the trauma for those victims of serious burns. Techniques that even put the patient in high risk situations for possible disease contamination, dehydration and infections.
Researchers from France claimed that they had ...
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- Friday, November 20, 2009, 23:12
- General Science
National Institutes of Health (NIH) – awarded GE’s Global Research Lab for the extended development of a wearable airborne chemical sensor. An application derived from the chemical sensing characteristics found on butterfly wings.
According to Radislav Potyrailo, such application is beneficial in early detection for ultra-trace concentrations of airborne chemical threats. He ...
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- Thursday, October 1, 2009, 5:24
- Nano
Great future for energy resources of the electronic world! Nanoscale sensors has been invading the interest of the many for it has a lot of potential applications, and so with the Georgia Tech researchers as spearheaded by the Material Science Prof. Zhong Lin Wang. But this time it would be minus ...
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- Friday, September 4, 2009, 14:24
- Energy Research, Feature, General Science
"It sounds like a science-fiction cartoon, but solar power generation in space may be a significant alternative energy source in the century ahead as fossil fuel disappears," Kensuke Kanekiyo said from an interview. Kanekiyo is the managing director of the Institute of Energy Economics, a government research body.
Two of Japan's top company, ...
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- Saturday, August 29, 2009, 6:38
- General Science
Equipped with 10-foot long pod, the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) takes hi-resolution images beneath the earth surface as it flies over the earthquake fault. Single scanning procedure won't give reliable data about the fault's condition to the scientists, thus the the UAVSAR's auto pilot system will make it possible for the ...
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- Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 23:09
- Nano
Attaching molecules to silicon and replacing copper interconnects with graphene are some of the promising breakthroughs that sustains Moore's Law. Recent innovations have lead IBM to ramp up power and speed to computer chips by utilizing DNA molecules. The DNA molecules will be the scaffolding for transistors fabricated with ...
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