Technology
- Quantum Cryptography Shoots For Practical
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Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving informa ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2009 - 4:05pm
- Phytochromes Can Be Engineered Into Infrared-Fluorescent Proteins In Mammals
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A University of California, San Diego team led by 2008 Nobel-Prize winner Roger Tsien, PhD has shown that bacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent proteins (IFPs). Because the wavelength of IFPs is able to penetrat ...
Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 5:24pm
- Large-Area Graphene On Copper Could Boost Computer Speed But Reduce Energy Need
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The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, according to a team of scientists and e ...
Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 5:33pm
- Motion Parallax Brings 3-D Videoconferencing To Your Cell Phone
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A new low-bandwidth, high-frame-rate videoconferencing technology that creates the appearance of three-dimensionality and a strong sense of co-presence without the use of expensive motion-tracking devices or multicamera arrays could eventually become avail ...
Article - News Staff - May 10 2009 - 9:31am
- Dynamic Heart System Makes Animal Heart Pump Outside The Body
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A new machine developed at North Carolina State University makes an animal heart pump much like a live heart after it has been removed from the animal's body, allowing researchers to expedite the development of new tools and techniques for heart surge ...
Article - News Staff - May 12 2009 - 10:01am
- The Internet, in "New Scientist"
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New Scientist magazine has posted an eight-part article titled “ Eight things you didn’t know about the internet ”. As someone who knows about the Internet, I thought I’d comment on the various parts. Today, part 1: “ Who controls the internet? ”, by Mich ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 13 2009 - 11:59am
- The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 2
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Today I’ll continue my series commenting on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”. Part 2 is “ Could the net become self-aware? ”, by Michael Brooks. Mr Brooks opens with this: ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 14 2009 - 10:26am
- The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 3
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Next in my series commenting on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet” is part 3, “ How big is the net? ”, by Colin Barras. ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 15 2009 - 10:01am
- The Internet, in "New Scientist", part 4
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On to part 4 in my series of comments on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”: “ Is there only one internet? ”, by Ben Crystall. As with all the questions so far in this series, this one brings up a series of ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 16 2009 - 10:00am
- The Internet, in "New Scientist", parts 5 and 6
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For the next installment in my series of comments on the New Scientist magazine series “Eight things you didn’t know about the internet”, we have two for one. Actually, not really: I’m going to skip part 5, “ Is the net caught in the credit crunch? ”, bec ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - May 17 2009 - 10:00am
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