Google has introduced Google Instant. Instant is search-before-you-type. It takes what you have typed already, predicts the most likely completion and streams results in real-time for those predictions—yielding a smarter and faster search that is interactive, predictive and powerful.
Here are a few of the core features in… more
A new University of Georgia study published in the journal Nature has identified a critical enzyme that keeps traffic flowing in the right direction in the nervous system, and the finding could eventually lead to new treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Cells contain a network of… more
Stanford researchers have developed a water-purifying filter that makes the process more than 80,000 times faster than existing filters. The key is coating the filter fabric – ordinary cotton – with nanotubes and silver nanowires, then electrifying it. The filter uses very little power, has no moving parts and could be… more
Researchers from Australian National University have developed the ability to move particles over distances of up to 1.5 meters, using a hollow laser beam to trap light-absorbing particles in a “dark core.” The particles are then moved up and down the beam of light, which acts like an optical “pipeline.”
“When the small… more
New Scientist Tech, Sep 7, 2010 — Swedish researchers are developing a photovoltaic device based on green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria.
The team deposit two aluminium electrodes with a tiny gap between them onto a silicon dioxide substrate. A droplet of green fluorescent protein is then… more
This summer, 80 students from 35 nations were challenged to apply innovations in exponentially advancing technologies to solve some of the world’s “grand challenges” with a focus on food, water, energy, upcycle, and space industries.
On Monday, September 13, at 9:30am PT/12:30pm ET, in a webinar briefing, Singularity University co-founders… more
Yahoo News, Sep 7, 2010 — Deadly riots in the streets of Mozambique over sharply higher food prices have left 13 dead. Anger is growing in Egypt and Serbia as well. Panicked Russian shoppers have cleared the shelves of staple grains. And the devastating floods that have left as many… more
MIT scientists have created a novel set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity; the molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled quickly, just by adding or removing an additional solution.
In an attempt to imitate the process of photosynthesis, Michael Strano, the Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate… more
University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.
“We have been able to decode spoken words using only signals from the brain with a device that has promise for long-term use in paralyzed patients who… more
ReadWriteWeb, Sep 6, 2010 — A number of Android alternatives are ready to hit the market over the next several months and there’s something for everyone.
New York Times, Sep 4, 2010 —
Mobile robots are now being used in hundreds of hospitals nationwide as the eyes, ears and voices of doctors who cannot be there in person.
They are being rolled out in workplaces, allowing employees in disparate locales to communicate more easily and letting managers… more
New Scientist Health, Sep 6, 2010 —
The active ingredient of magic mushrooms, psilocybin, has been shown to reduce anxiety and improve mood in people with cancer. researchers from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center have found.
Volunteers reported feeling less depressed and anxious two weeks after receiving psilocybin. Six months later, the… more
New Scientist Tech, Sep 7, 2010 — Optical engineers at the University of Central Florida have developed a system that improves the bandwidth of transmission via optical fibers, such as those used in transmitting cable TV and Internet data, to compensate for attenuation (signal losses) in the fiber.
Their device makes a… more
the physics ArXiv blog, Sep 6, 2010 — The first quantum memory that stores and releases entanglement has been built by researchers at the University of Geneva.
Their device consists of neodymium atoms buried in a crystal of ytterbium silicate, which when cooled, can absorb and store photons.They… more