How Neurons Decide How to Transmit Information

How Neurons Decide How to Transmit Information

  11:39:00 PM    Science Lover

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There are billions of neurons in the brain and at any given time tens of thousands of these neurons might be trying to send signals to one another. Much like a person trying to be heard by his friend across a crowded room, neurons must figure out the best way to get their...

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Smaller Particles Could Make Solar Panels More Efficient

Smaller Particles Could Make Solar Panels More Efficient

  1:24:00 AM    Science Lover

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Studies done by Mark Lusk and colleagues at the Colorado School of Mines could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. Their latest work describes how the size of light-absorbing particles--quantum dots--affects the particles' ability to transfer energy to...

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Acupuncture for Pain No Better Than Placebo - And Not Without Harm, Study Finds

Acupuncture for Pain No Better Than Placebo - And Not Without Harm, Study Finds

  5:50:00 PM    Science Lover

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Although acupuncture is commonly used for pain control, doubts about its effectiveness and safety remain. Investigators from the Universities of Exeter & Plymouth (Exeter, UK) and the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (Daejeon, South Korea) critically evaluated...

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Teens: Power to Resist Blooms in Brain

Teens: Power to Resist Blooms in Brain

  9:55:00 AM    Science Lover

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Just when children are faced with intensifying peer pressure to misbehave, regions of the brain are actually blossoming in a way that heighten the ability to resist risky behavior, report researchers at three West Coast institutions. Researchers compared the fMRI...

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A Search Engine for the Human Body

A Search Engine for the Human Body

  2:12:00 AM    Science Lover

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Microsoft software recognizes organs and other structures in medical images.A new search tool developed by researchers at Microsoft indexes medical images of the human body, rather than the Web. On CT scans, it automatically finds organs and other structures, to help...

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Scientists grow sperm out of skin tissue

Scientists grow sperm out of skin tissue

  12:48:00 PM    Science Lover

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Infertile men have been given hope of conceiving children after scientists successfully grew sperm out of skin cells. The breakthrough came when they took tissue from mice testicles and kept it alive for several weeks. Breakthrough: Researchers have grown sperm...

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Seeing in Stereo: Engineers Invent Lens for 3-D Microscope

Seeing in Stereo: Engineers Invent Lens for 3-D Microscope

  1:44:00 AM    Science Lover

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Engineers at Ohio State University have invented a lens that enables microscopic objects to be seen from nine different angles at once to create a 3-D image. A lens invented at Ohio State University  enables microscopes to capture 3-D images  of tiny objects....

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The technology that enables a computer to print off a full-working bicycle

The technology that enables a computer to print off a full-working bicycle

  9:58:00 AM    Science Lover

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This bicycle is the first in the world to be created simply by printing it out on a computer, using groundbreaking new technology. The fully-working cycle, which is made of nylon, is the result of an extraordinary project and is as strong as steel and aluminium but...

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Salt Grain-Sized Cameras Can Travel Inside Body

Salt Grain-Sized Cameras Can Travel Inside Body

  11:57:00 PM    Science Lover

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Cameras have shrunk over time, but they've never been this small.  * German engineers have created the smallest microcameras of their kind. * The new inexpensive disposable cameras can be produced 25,000 at a time. * The microcamera's applications include medical...

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Miniature Lasers Could Help Launch New Age of the Internet

Miniature Lasers Could Help Launch New Age of the Internet

  5:49:00 PM    Science Lover

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A new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet. Sabine Freisem, a senior research scientist who  has been collaborating with Deppe for the...

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Hackers tackle secure ID tokens

Hackers tackle secure ID tokens

  9:02:00 AM    Science Lover

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Hackers have stolen data about the security tokens used by millions of people to protect access to bank accounts and corporate networks. The SecurID tokens are widely used to grant access to sensitive information RSA Security told customers about the "extremely sophisticated...

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Masked Fears: Are Fears That Are Seemingly Overcome Only Hidden?

Masked Fears: Are Fears That Are Seemingly Overcome Only Hidden?

  8:34:00 AM    Science Lover

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Fear is a natural part of our emotional life and acts as a necessary protection mechanism. However, fears sometimes grow beyond proportions and become difficult to shed. Scientists from Freiburg, Basel and Bordeaux have used computer simulations to understand the processes...

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Quantum Pen for Single Atoms Is a Big Step Toward Large-Scale Quantum Computing

Quantum Pen for Single Atoms Is a Big Step Toward Large-Scale Quantum Computing

  9:38:00 AM    Science Lover

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Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics succeeded in manipulating atoms individually in a lattice of light and in arranging them in arbitrary patterns. These results are an important step towards large scale quantum computing and for the simulation...

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