Qualcomm challenges LCDs through new e-reader

Qualcomm challenges LCDs through new e-reader

  10:00:00 PM    Science Lover

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A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs after U.S. mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc. teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader. The "Kyobo eReader" A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs...

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How brains benefit from meditation

How brains benefit from meditation

  10:05:00 AM    Science Lover

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Experienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new brain imaging study by Yale researchers. Experienced meditators seem to switch...

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Better Batteries: New Technology Improves Both Energy Capacity and Charge Rate in Rechargeable Batteries

Better Batteries: New Technology Improves Both Energy Capacity and Charge Rate in Rechargeable Batteries

  8:37:00 PM    Science Lover

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Imagine a cellphone battery that stayed charged for more than a week and recharged in just 15 minutes. That dream battery could be closer to reality thanks to Northwestern University research. New research could lead to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that...

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Mimicking the Brain -- In Silicon: New Computer Chip Models How Neurons Communicate With Each Other at Synapses

Mimicking the Brain -- In Silicon: New Computer Chip Models How Neurons Communicate With Each Other at Synapses

  1:39:00 PM    Science Lover

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For decades, scientists have dreamed of building computer systems that could replicate the human BRAIN's talent for learning new tasks. Researchers have taken a major step toward that goal by designing a computer chip that mimics how the brain's neurons adapt in...

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GPS-Enabled Shoes to Help Track Down Grandpa

GPS-Enabled Shoes to Help Track Down Grandpa

  10:06:00 AM    Science Lover

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The next frontier for GPS? Footwear for those suffering from Alzheimer's. New GPS-enabled shoes are meant to provide safety and security for all walks of life. Shoes with built-in GPS could be coming to a store near you this month. AFP reports that 3,000 of the...

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A revolution in knot theory

A revolution in knot theory

  9:14:00 PM    My Blog

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In the 19th century, Lord Kelvin made the inspired guess that elements are knots in the "ether". Hydrogen would be one kind of knot, oxygen a different kind of knot---and so forth throughout the periodic table of elements. This idea led Peter Guthrie Tait to prepare...

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Diseased hearts to heal themselves in future

Diseased hearts to heal themselves in future

  10:08:00 AM    Science Lover

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Cellular reversion processes arise in diseases of the heart muscle, for example myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy, which limit the fatal consequences for the organ. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim and the...

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City Lights Could Reveal E.T. Civilization

City Lights Could Reveal E.T. Civilization

  10:51:00 PM    Science Lover

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In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. In a new paper, Avi Loeb (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Edwin Turner (Princeton University) suggest a new technique for finding...

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Brain Cells Responsible for Keeping Us Awake

Brain Cells Responsible for Keeping Us Awake

  11:46:00 PM    Science Lover

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Bright light arouses us. Bright light makes it easier to stay awake. Very bright light not only arouses us but is known to have antidepressant effects. Conversely, dark rooms can make us sleepy. It's the reason some people use masks to make sure light doesn't wake them...

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