Biologists have discovered that under stressful conditions, such as neurodegeneration due to Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s…
Month: October 2011
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Seeking superior stem cells: 100-fold increase in efficiency in reprogramming human cells to induced stem cells
Researchers have announced a new technique to reprogram human cells into stem cells. Their process…
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More details about Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich emerge (Appolicious)
Appolicious – Oct. 11 was supposed to be the day that Google and Samsung announced…
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Can iOS 5 challenge video game consoles? Not without some killer apps (Appolicious)
Appolicious – Those of us not clamoring for an iPhone 4S have something else to…
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Failure to thrive in childhood often result of an underlying organic disease
Failure to thrive in childhood is often the result of an underlying organic disease. Researchers…
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Combination therapies for drug-resistant cancers
Some cancers can be effectively treated with drugs inhibiting proteins known as receptor tyrosine kinases,…
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New insight into the cellular defects in Huntington’s disease
Huntington disease is a devastating neurogenerative disorder caused by a mutant HTT gene. Although this…
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Extremely high-speed heterojunction bipolar transistors demonstrated
Researchers have realized a fT/fMAX 245GHz/450GHz SiGe:C heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) device, a key enabler…
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CMOS integrated poly-SiGe piezoresistive pressure sensor demonstrated
A new integrated poly-SiGe-based piezoresistive pressure sensor has been directly fabricated above 0.13 µm copper…
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Setting standards for electric vehicles could make China a global leader
Can the rapidly expanding automobile industry in China leapfrog to electric vehicles and so avoid…