A tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200 in a study reported in Nature Photonics (published online September ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 5, 2010
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Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a gene critical for programmed cell death is also important in the loss of adult stem cells, a finding that could help to improve the health and well-being ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 5, 2010
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Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 5, 2010
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Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else.
Internet
Sep 5, 2010
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The first launch attempt of a homemade rocket built by two Danes failed on Sunday because of a technical glitch, according to Danish media.
Space Exploration
Sep 5, 2010
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South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.
Business
Sep 5, 2010
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(AP) -- East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish ...
Business
Sep 5, 2010
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