The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has selected 17 individuals to receive awards honoring their outstanding scientific achievements. The awards will be presented on May 2 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., during the ...
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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a way to overcome one of the major hurdles in gene therapy for cancer: its tendency to kill normal cells in the process of eradicating cancer cells. In a ...
Jan 26, 2005
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Rapid enzyme-free platform allows robust gene identification without gene amplification Researchers at Nanosphere, Inc. today reported unprecedented benefits in the company's technology for the medical analysis of human ...
Jan 26, 2005
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Researchers from Purdue University, government and the nuclear power industry are improving three computer programs that are critical to preventing disasters such as the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. The complex programs, ...
Jan 26, 2005
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A simple, chemical way to attach electrical contacts to molecular-scale electronic components has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The recently patented method attaches ...
Jan 26, 2005
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A key process that enhances the production of nuclear energy in the interior of dense stars has been re-created in the laboratory for the first time by physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ...
Jan 26, 2005
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Carbon nanotubes -- a hot nanotechnology with many potential uses -- may find one of its quickest applications in the next generation of standards for optical power measurements, which are essential for laser systems used ...
Jan 26, 2005
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ESA's SMART-1 captured its first close-range images of the Moon this January, during a sequence of test lunar observations from an altitude between 1000 and 5000 kilometres above the lunar surface. SMART-1 entered its first ...
Jan 26, 2005
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Philips is applying its Connected Planet vision to the area of home entertainment content control with the introduction of the RC9800i color touch-screen remote control, enabling consumers to easily manage where and how ...
Jan 26, 2005
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Columbia researchers in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) are looking toward the upper reaches of the sky to forecast the powerful ...
Jan 26, 2005
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