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July 3, 2009
Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety (PhysOrg)
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Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official.
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World 'still losing biodiversity' (BBC)
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Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns.
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Space ambitions (BBC)
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US moonwalker Buzz Aldrin looks to new frontiers
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Will iPhones Get Tactile Feedback, Fingerprint ID? (PC World)
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Nothing gets the rumor mill churning like uncovering Cupertino’s latest patent applications. Get ready for another round of rumors.
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Printable batteries (PhysOrg)
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For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.
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July 1, 2009
Blood stem cell growth factor reverses memory decline in mice (PhysOrg)
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A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of South Florida and James A. Haley Hospital found. The granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF) significantly reduced levels of the brain-clogging protein beta amyloid deposited in excess in the brains of the Alzheimer's mice, increased the production of new neurons and promoted nerve cell connections.
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Satellite for US cell phone service launched (Boston Globe)
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The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space, with a mission to provide phone service to cellular "dead zones" in North America.
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The least sea ice in 800 years (PhysOrg)
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New research, which reconstructs the extent of ice in the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present indicates that there has never been so little sea ice as there is now. The research results from the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, are published in the scientific journal, Climate Dynamics.
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June 30, 2009
Wind + water = untapped energy: An abundance of power exists above Earth's oceans, study finds (PhysOrg)
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Wind energy over the planet's oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.
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Super-size deposits of frozen carbon threat to climate change (PhysOrg)
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The vast amount of carbon stored in the arctic and boreal regions of the world is more than double that previously estimated, according to a study published this week.
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June 29, 2009
Tunnel vision: Border Patrol agents to spot tunnels with advanced ground-penetrating radar (PhysOrg)
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Criminals of all kinds are digging tunnels along the U.S. border at a fast and furious pace. Of every tunnel ever discovered by U.S. border patrol agents, 60 percent have been found in the last three years. Agents spot a new one every month.
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High court won't block remote storage DVR system (Boston Globe)
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Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.
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Researchers use thoughts to drive wheelchair (CBC)
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Toyota-sponsored researchers in Japan unveiled a brain-machine interface system on Monday that allows a person to use thoughts to direct the motion of a wheelchair.
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African roots (BBC News)
Jun 29, 2009 Read more...
DNA testing helps African Americans find their origins
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Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor? (ZDNet)
Jun 29, 2009 Read more...
Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday (and supposedly entering dictionaries as the millionth phrase in the English language) the web cognoscenti need new ...
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