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| SCI | New Cloaking Method: No Star Trek or Harry Potter Story
University of Utah mathematicians developed a new cloaking method, and it’s unlikely to lead to invisibility cloaks like those used by Harry Potter or Romulan spaceships in “Star Trek.” Instead, the new method someday might shield submarines from sonar, planes from radar, buildings from earthquakes, and oil rigs and coastal structures from tsunamis.
Optics Express, 16-Aug-2009
Physical Review Letters, 14-Aug-2009 | 16-Aug-2009
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| SCI | Smart Cane Gives a New Direction
CMU engineering students senior design project leads to the development of the Smart Cane, a device that provides navigation cues for the blind using innovative technology. | 13-Aug-2009
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| BIZ | FalconView Mapping Software Goes Open Source
GTRI has released an open-source version of its popular FalconViewTM software. The program displays topographical maps, aeronautical charts, satellite images and other maps, along with overlay tools that can be displayed on any map background. The new open-source version of FalconView was described during a presentation on August 12 at the Military Open Source Software conference in Atlanta.
Military Open Source Software conference | 12-Aug-2009
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| SCI | NIST Demonstrates Sustained Quantum Processing in Step Toward Building Quantum Computers
Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions). The new work, described in the Aug. 6, 2009, issue of Science Express,
overcomes significant hurdles in scaling up ion-trapping technology from small
demonstrations to larger quantum processors. (Embargo expired on 06-Aug-2009 at 14:00 ET.)
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| MED | New Online Forum for Autoimmune Disease Patients Provides Virtual Support Groups
Patients suffering with chronic autoimmune diseases from every corner of the globe can now find one another online to provide support, share experiences, and form relationships. The new Autoimmunity Forum launched by the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) is a virtual support group community nearly 400 members strong. | 06-Aug-2009
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| SCI | UC San Diego Launches Triton Resource Supercomputer
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today officially launched the Triton Resource, an integrated, data-intensive computing system primarily designed to support UC San Diego and UC researchers. | 05-Aug-2009
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| SCI | Cornell's Robotic Submarine Wins International Competition
For the Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle team, months of meticulous testing, refining and retesting has paid off: With a flawless 11.5-minute run through a complex course of underwater tasks in the final round, the team's autonomous submarine beat the competition and earned first place in the 12th annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International/Office of Naval Research (AUVSI/ONR) competition in San Diego Aug. 2. | 05-Aug-2009
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| SCI | IODP Introduces Technology to Support Deepwater Crustal Drilling
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), with industry partner AGR Drilling Services, has engineered an ultra-deepwater drilling technology for use by IODP drilling vessels in scientific research. Originally developed for shallow-water oil and gas exploration, the “riserless mud recovery” technology (RMR) holds great promise for scientists striving to reach the Earth’s mantle. | 04-Aug-2009
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| MED | Electronic Nose Can Sniff Out Kidney Diseases in Breath Samples
By modifying a carbon nanosensor “electronic nose” invented to detect cancer, scientists at Israel’s Technion have developed a way to identify chronic renal failure in its earliest stages. Such early detection could significantly slow progression of the disease, and greatly reduce the costs associated with treating it and any resulting complications.
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| LIF | Report: Gaps in Internet Use Persist in Chicago
Nearly 40 percent of Chicago residents, especially Latinos and those aged 67 or more, have limited or no access to the Internet, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Most cite cost, not lack of interest, as the reason. | 03-Aug-2009
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