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  • Hubble Repairs Hindered By Antiquated Computer Systems

    Andrew Moseman writes "Part of the trouble NASA is encountering while fixing the Hubble Space Telescope comes from the fact that it's been up there for nearly two decades, and therefore carries computer systems long outdated here on Earth. 'One of the main computers that the Goddard team...
    Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
  • Storing Qubits In Nuclei

    bednarz writes "Scientists have demonstrated what is being called the 'ultimate miniaturization of computer memory,' storing data for nearly two seconds in the nucleus of an atom of phosphorus. The hybrid quantum memory technique is a key step in the development of quantum computers, according...
    Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
  • Breakthrough: Scientists Encode Genome

    From MSNBC: Scientists encode [sic] first woman’s genome: Project allows scientists to compare DNA of men and women Wow! They’ve encoded an entire genome! NOT. Usually, the reference is to a genome being decoded although there is debate surrounding the use of that terminology as well. RPM...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 05-29-2008
  • Transgenic maize to cure HIV/AIDS

    Scientific Blogging has an interesting article entitled “Will Corn Help Cure AIDS?” The article is about study findings released in April - by scientists from the Universidad de Lleida (University of Lleida) in Spain -which detail how transgenic maize (corn) can be used to cure HIV/AIDS,...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 05-25-2008
  • More Scientists Need Brain Enhancing Drugs

    Daniel MacArthur at Genetic Future asks, “Why do genome-wide scans fail?” The answer may be inequalities among scientists’ intellectual abilities. To deal with such a disparity, some scientists are apparently indulging in brain enhancing drugs. The NIH has just announced three new initiatives...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 04-01-2008
  • Wellcome Image Awards: Gene Expression Analysis

    This image won a 2008 Wellcome Image Award which recognizes scientists who’ve created “stunning and beautiful images.” Visualisation of large-scale gene expression studies, such as those carried out using DNA chip systems, to form a clustered gene expression network. Each dot represents...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 03-13-2008
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