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Entries from October 22nd, 2008

Man’s Best Friend Recruted in Hunt For Disease Genes

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Biology

We all knew that man’s best friend was close to us but we never knew that they were this close… Scientists have recently found that dogs and humans share some diseased genes and now those scientists are trying to find a better like between humans and dogs. They are actually being used to find genetic [...]

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Need a Million Songs on Your iPod Shuffle?

October 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Chemistry

Researchers in Scotland have made a breakthrough that could store 500,000 GB of data on a one square inch chip. That would allow you to have well over a million songs on an mp3 player the size of an iPod Shuffle (1 square inch). I’ll leave the details to someone who is interested in this [...]

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New Discovery Can Help Solve Energy Crisis

October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Chemistry

Scientists have discovered a way to potentially convert waste heat from your car into electricity, which would drastically improve gas mileage. At the moment, up to three-fourths of the energy you put into your car in the form of gasoline is wasted, coming out of the car as waste heat. However, it has been discovered [...]

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