New software protects confidentiality of data while enabling access and sharing May 02, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Penn State researchers have developed software that allows databases to "talk to each other" automatically without compromising the security of the data and metadata because the queries, data communicated and other information ... | |
 Electronic tattoo display runs on blood February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 405 vote(s)
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Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen ... | |
 New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells May 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 660 vote(s)
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A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace ... | |
 Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 362 vote(s)
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Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers ... | |
 Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense December 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 409 vote(s)
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In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), ... | |
 Mathematician suggests extra dimensions are time-like April 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 541 vote(s)
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In a recent study, mathematician George Sparling of the University of Pittsburgh examines a fundamental question pondered since the time of Pythagoras, and still vexing scientists today: what is the nature ... | |
 Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to understand the extent of cow flatulence on global warming, scientists in Argentina are strapping plastic bags to the backs of cows to capture their emissions. | |
 The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 135 vote(s)
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The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ... | |
Study: Curvy hips lure men to smart women November 12, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Women with small waists and big hips also have big IQs, a new U.S. study has found. | |
 Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 301 vote(s)
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In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing ... | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 102 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
 Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 138 vote(s)
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A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ... | |
 Numbers follow a surprising law of digits, and scientists can't explain why May 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 289 vote(s)
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Does your house address start with a 1? According to a strange mathematical law, about 1/3 of house numbers have 1 as their first digit. The same holds true for many other areas that have almost nothing in ... | |
 Inflatable electric car can drive off cliffs June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 131 vote(s)
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It's hard to say what the most intriguing thing about XP Vehicles' inflatable car is. Maybe it's that the car can travel for up to 2,500 miles on a single electric charge (the distance across the US is roughly ... | |
The good news in our DNA: Defects you can fix with vitamins and minerals June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 108 vote(s)
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As the cost of sequencing a single human genome drops rapidly, with one company predicting a price of $100 per person in five years, soon the only reason not to look at your "personal genome" will be fear of what bad news ... | |
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