Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category
July 20th, 2010 | 
Author: New Microchip Technology Performs 1,000 Chemical Reactions at Once
Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions, with results — literally shrinking the lab down to the size of a thumbnail.
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Tags: Beakers, Bench Top, Bovine, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry Labs, Drug Candidates, Drug Molecules, Flasks, Hot Plates, Lab On A Chip, Mass Spectrometry, Microchip Device, Microchip Technology, Potent Inhibitors, Protein Enzyme, Protein Enzymes, Reagents, Stamp Size, Test System, Tiny Amounts, Ucla Chemists, Ucla Researchers | 
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Stimulus Funds Will Help Researchers Modernize the National Power Grid
Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina were informed this week that they will receive federal economic stimulus funds via the National Science Foundation to continue and strengthen their efforts to modernize the national power grid. The award will ...
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Tags: Center Of Excellence, Component Suppliers, Contractors Equipment, Cooperative Research Center, Defense Contractors, Economic Stimulus, Electric Power Transmission, Knowledge Tools, Lead Institution, Mantooth, National Power Grid, National Science Foundation, Nsf Center, Power Electronic Systems, Power Electronics, Reinvestment Act, Reliable Power, Research Thrust, Small Business Administration, University Cooperative, University Of South Carolina |
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Scientists Say Ants More Rational than Humans
This is not the case of humans being “stupider” than ants.
In a study released online on July 22 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, researchers at Arizona State University and Princeton University show that ants can accomplish a task more rationally than ...
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Tags: Acorn, Amazon, Ant Colonies, Ant Colony, Ants, Arizona State University, Cavities, Collective Choice, Collective Decision, Communication Behavior, Constraint, Decision Maker, Food Sources, Journal Proceedings, Paint Spots, Paradoxical Outcome, Princeton University, Proceedings Of The Royal Society, Proceedings Of The Royal Society Biological Sciences, Rationality, S College, Stephen Pratt, Susan Edwards, Wisdom Of Crowds |
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