http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/topic-Technology.html Latest Technology news provided by Science Centric en-gb Copyright 2013, Science Centric contact@sciencecentric.com (Stanislav Abadjiev) Mon, 06 May 2013 18:56:00 GMT Mon, 06 May 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.sciencecentric.com/images/sc_logo_news.jpg http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/topic-Technology.html 60 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Engineers have created a device that can extract human DNA in a simpler and more efficient way than conventional methods. They designed microscopic probes that dip into a fluid sample and apply an electric field within the liquid. That draws particles to concentrate around the surface of the tiny probe. It takes 2 or 3 minutes to separate DNA using this technology... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/13050601-new-device-can-extract-human-dna-very-fast.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/13050601-new-device-can-extract-human-dna-very-fast.html Mon, 06 May 2013 18:56:00 GMT Existing coherent ultraviolet light sources are power hungry, bulky and expensive. University of Michigan researchers have found a better way to build compact ultraviolet sources with low power consumption that could improve information storage, microscopy and chemical analysis... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120226-a-smarter-way-make-ultraviolet-light-beams.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120226-a-smarter-way-make-ultraviolet-light-beams.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:56:00 GMT Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, a graphene-based transistor array that is compatible with living biological cells and capable of recording the electrical signals they generate. This proof-of-concept platform opens the way for further investigation of a promising new material. Graphene's distinctive combination of characteristics makes it a leading contender for future biomedical applications requiring a direct interface between microelectronic devices and nerve cells or other living tissue. A team of scientists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and the Juelich Research Centre published the results in the journal Advanced Materials... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120223-biocompatible-graphene-transistor-array-reads-cellular-signals.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120223-biocompatible-graphene-transistor-array-reads-cellular-signals.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:47:00 GMT New research from North Carolina State University shows that some smartphones specifically designed to support the Android mobile platform have incorporated additional features that can be used by hackers to bypass Android's security features, making them more vulnerable to attack. Android has the largest share of the smartphone market in the U.S.... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120222-researchers-find-some-smartphone-models-more-vulnerable-attack.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120222-researchers-find-some-smartphone-models-more-vulnerable-attack.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:44:00 GMT In 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2.3 million automobile crashes occurred at intersections across the United States, resulting in some 7,000 deaths. More than 700 of those fatalities were due to drivers running red lights. But, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, half of the people killed in such accidents are not the drivers who ran the light, but other drivers, passengers and pedestrians... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120220-mit-new-algorithm-may-improve-defensive-driving.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11120220-mit-new-algorithm-may-improve-defensive-driving.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:38:00 GMT Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques, a team of experts has created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin. Three-dimensional images of the valuable violin and details on how the replica was made were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11112802-researchers-use-ct-recreate-stradivarius-violin.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11112802-researchers-use-ct-recreate-stradivarius-violin.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:26:00 GMT The streaming of real-time information across your field of vision is a step closer to reality with the development of a prototype contact lens that could potentially provide the wearer with hands-free information updates... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11112201-terminator-style-info-vision-takes-step-towards-reality.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11112201-terminator-style-info-vision-takes-step-towards-reality.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:41:00 GMT Materials that emit visible light after being exposed to sunlight are commonplace and can be found in everything from emergency signage to glow-in-the-dark stickers. But until now, scientists have had little success creating materials that emit light in the near-infrared range, a portion of the spectrum that only can be seen with the aid of night vision devices... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11112104-scientists-invent-long-lasting-near-infrared-emitting-material.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11112104-scientists-invent-long-lasting-near-infrared-emitting-material.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:25:00 GMT A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world's lightest material - with a density of 0.9 mg/cc - about 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. Their findings appear in the 18 November issue of Science... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11111805-team-researchers-develop-world-lightest-material.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11111805-team-researchers-develop-world-lightest-material.html Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:09:00 GMT The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to show that a computer can listen to our thoughts. In a new study, scientists from Washington University demonstrated that humans can control a cursor on a computer screen using words spoken out loud and in their head, holding huge applications for patients who may have lost their speech through brain injury or disabled patients with limited movement... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11040906-humans-can-control-cursor-with-power-thought.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11040906-humans-can-control-cursor-with-power-thought.html Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:46:00 GMT Using minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency - and profitability - of solar power plants... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11040665-nanoparticles-improve-solar-collection-efficiency.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11040665-nanoparticles-improve-solar-collection-efficiency.html Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:19:00 GMT Sealants, like weather stripping, are what separates the inside from the outside of a building, byproviding a barrier that prevents water from seeping in, for example, or heat from leaking out. The challenge, says research chemist Christopher White of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is predicting when they will fail... http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11040664-inexpensive-new-instruments-test-building-sealants-under-real-world-conditions.html http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11040664-inexpensive-new-instruments-test-building-sealants-under-real-world-conditions.html Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:16:00 GMT