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Entries from May 28th, 2009

Flexible screens, how cool!

May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chemistry

Computer screens today are bulky and fragile which is OK for like desk tops and other home uses but what about our warriors in the battle field? We already have the existing flat-panel, light-emitting diodes (LED) screens but that isn’t cool enough imagine a screen that you can roll up and put in your pocket. It would [...]

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Gene for glowing passed along to monkey offspring

May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Biology, Physics

Scientists recently gave marmosets a gene that made their feet glow green. After one of the animals had it, it passed it along to its offspring.  These animals are called transgenic because they help us with medical studies. They add these rare genes by injecting embryos. They do this because the want to find cures for [...]

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Five-Dimensional DVD Could Hold Data of 30 Blu-ray Discs

May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Physics

This new disc is made of three this glass films stacked on each other. They are each coated with gold nanorods of three different sizes.  The multiple variables mean that the column of space can hold multiple bits in many ways. A typical DVD has a total capacity of 1.6 terabytes, butg adding another dimension could increase it [...]

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