Today the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) Collaboration announced that BOSS has measured the scale of the universe to an accuracy of one percent. This and future measures at this precision are the key to determining the ...
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As spending on gadgets flattens in a world obsessed with smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Show here hopes to be a launch pad for a new must-have device. From drones and smart cars to remote-controlled door locks and ...
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Throughout this week, our reporters will cover the best emerging technology and trends from Las Vegas. Meet the team and see what topics they'll be tracking at the show: 3-D Printing Is this the year 3-D manufacturing breaks out of its ...
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From drones and smart cars to remote-controlled door locks and eyewear, the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show promises to showcase the "Internet of Things," along with gadgets like smartphones and tablets. The technology extravaganza that ...
Virtual reality has been hyped as the next big thing for decades—and yet,it never seems to deliver.Despite the potential,particularly in the world of gaming,numerous attempts have left players dizzy with disappointment,and just plain ...
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Researchers have used one of the brightest X-ray sources on the planet to map the 3-D structure of an important cellular gatekeeper known as a G protein-coupled receptor, or GPCR, in a more natural state than possible before. The new ...
Many older engineers first became interested in electronics through hobbies in their youth—assembling kits, participating in amateur radio, or engaging in other experiments. But I have wondered whether or not students entering ...
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Cub Energy Inc. ("Cub", or the "Company") (TSX-V: KUB) announces the Rusko-Komarovske-22 ("RK-22") development well, on the Rusko-Komarovske ("RK") licence, in western Ukraine has tested gas at a maximum rate flow rate of 2.5 million cubic ...
Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning. The US-based technology titan described it as the biggest ...
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SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FX Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FXEN) announced that the Szymanowice-1 well in Poland tested gas during a drill stem test (DST) in a 28 meter section of the Rotliegend sandstone target reservoir. The ...
A loudspeaker playing a clip of President Barack Obama talking about 3-D printing in his State of the Union speech might not seem so remarkable—except that the loudspeaker represents one of the first 3-D printed consumer electronic ...
Engineers at Imec and IBM have independently developed new manufacturing processes for making the next decade's leading chips, they revealed late last year. These efforts will allow the marriage of silicon wafers and certain exotic ...
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Ionova Technologies, Inc. reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy densityA figure of merit usually expressed in Joules per ...
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Necessity is the mother of invention, which is as true for package development professionals as for garage tinkerers. We spoke recently with Aron James Clarkson, designer-inventor and CEO of StarOne Group, who says he's in business to ...
At the November workshop at Laser Zentrum Hannover called "Laser Processing of Glass Materials," more than 70 researchers, users, and manufacturers exchanged ideas on current developments and trends in glass processing using the laser as ...
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