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World's smallest electric motor made from a single molecule

(Nanowerk News) Chemists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences have developed the world's first single molecule electric motor, a development that may potentially create a new class of d...


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How Bikes Keep the Rubber on the Road

Bicycle abuse isn’t something you’d expect from the Dutch. But engineers in the Netherlands who love bikes enough to hurt them are challenging long-held beliefs about how a moving bike keeps ...


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Universal Bike Mount

  Bracketron Universal Bike Mount: $39.95 Part of the fun of bombing down a trail is knowing it's just you (ideally sporting some protective equipment), taking on whatever comes your way. Bu...


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Silicon Glass Stores Data...Forever

  "If I ever find forever, I will share it with you," sings Tim Fite on his song, "Forever". Well, in the quest for data storage superiority, a group of scientists from the University of South...


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Diamond bigger than earth !

A 'Diamond' Bigger than Earth Discovered Orbiting a Pulsar A once-massive star that's been transformed into a planet five times the size of Earth made of diamond. The pulsar and its planet are...


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Shoe power?

What’s the News: We’ve all fantasized about a cell phone battery that won’t quit. Now scientists hoping to harness the power generated when you walk are developing a device that might event...


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Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it's possible

  (Reuters) - Scientists have found Earth's oldest fossils in Australia and say their microscopic discovery is convincing evidence that cells and bacteria were able to thrive in an oxygen-free wo...


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IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain

    WASHINGTON: US computer giant IBM announced on Thursday that it has developed prototypes of computer chips that mimic the way the human brain works. The Armon...


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The 'Virtual Universe' Will Be Full of Discoveries

  Being an astronomer in the year 2030 will be notably different than it is today. Yes, scientists will still be pondering, among other mysteries, the evolving universe, life on other worlds, ...


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LCDs Could Power Your Phone

Above: A sample of the polarizing organic photovoltaic film. It's always a bummer when your phone starts to lose power and you aren't near an outlet. But some folks at UCLA might have that prob...


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Travel to Mars in Three Hours

We’re going to step into the middle of a nifty science and engineering controversy. Today. On Engineering Works! Listen to the podcast. Is it possible to travel at seven-hundred-millio...


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Travel to Mars in 39 Days?

A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the U.S. space agency. Fran...


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Cars To Become the Next Internet

Mesh networks are a simple concept: use the devices in the network as nodes, similar to becoming your own cell tower. It's useful in situations where the regular networks are unavaiable or damaged. ...


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Thin, Flexible Circuit Sticks to Skin Like a Temporary Tattoo

What’s the News: Keeping track of what’s happening inside the body often requires a great deal of equipment outside it: Just think of the tangle of sensors in any hospital room. Now, though, eng...


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A*Star scientists closer to growing human heart from stem cells

Singapore scientists here are one step closer to growing a human heart from stem cells. ...


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Smartphone 'Augmented Reality'

Augmented reality software company Junaio is showing off what’s possible with the world’s fastest mobile phones. In the near future, as you stroll down the street, billboards and stree...


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The Army's Bold Plan to Turn Soldiers Into Telepaths

The U.S. Army wants to allow soldiers to communicate just by thinking. 
The new science of synthetic telepathy could soon make that happen. by Adam Piore; illustration by Sam Kennedy ...


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Water in Mars?

A NASA image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows portions of the surface of the Red Planet. Scientists have spotted dark stripes on some slopes on Mars in the warmer months, and they bel...


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Charging electric cars wirelessly

Aug. 4 - Technology behind wireless electric cars could herald an idyllic future for motorists in which they can drive as far as they like without ever worrying about recharging. Jim Drury reports....


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Alibaba launches smartphone running its Cloud OS

    BEIJING | Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:28am EDT (Reuters) - Alibaba Group launched its first self-developed mobile operating system and smartphone on Thursday in a bid to capture a ...


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It's dim up North, so people need bigger brains

    LONDON | Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:29pm EDT (Reuters) - People from northern parts of the world have evolved bigger brains and larger eyes to help them to cope with long, dark w...


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Victorinox Slim and Slim Duo USB Drives

Victorinox Slim and Slim Duo USB Drives: $39.99 and up You could store your data on a homely, run-of-the-mill USB drive, but one look at this Swiss Army-style beauty and you'll wonder why anyon...


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Mobile App Uses Sound to Keep Mosquitoes Away

Mosquito Buster: Free Mosquitoes are a summertime nuisance in many parts of the world, and often the deterrents available to hold them at bay are almost as unpleasant as the insects are. A new...


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Protective Films Keep Tablet Displays Private

It wasn't long after smart phones became popular that the need for privacy protection on the devices became clear. Now the same thing is happening with tablets, and 3M just stepped in with a solutio...


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SLR Lens Adapters for iPhone Allow Pro Photos

iPhone SLR Mount: $249 It seems fair to say that Apple's iPhone is at least as much a camera as it is a phone. It's no single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, however, which is where Photojojo's new ...


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Storing your loose gadgets and accessories

  Grid-It! Wrap: $24.99-49.99 What's worse than flying coach? Having to retrieve an item from under the seat in front of you when flying coach. You strategically contort your neck and torso ...


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Galaxies spin, universal spins?

"I'm so dizzy my head is spinning," sang Tommy Roe in the 1969 bubblegum music tune "Dizzy." Well, according to a recently published paper by the entire universe is spinning. Oh my head! In a stud...


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Windmeter using iPhone !??

Wind Meter - use your iPhone to estimate the speed of the wind.  Wind Meter works by measuring the volume of the wind on your iPhone microphone and converts it into a wind speed reading.   ...


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10 top Chinese social networking sites

   Qzone   (QQ空间)   Qzone   Qzone, launched by Tencent in 2005, is China's largest social networking website, built on the...


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10 top Chinese tea

   Fujian Tieguanyin (福建铁观音)   Fujian Tieguanyin [996118.com] Tieguanyin is one of China's top teas and synonymous with oolong tea...


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