SETI bioastro: FW: KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Sep 16 2005 - 13:18:24 UTC

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    >KURZWEILAI.NET NEWSLETTER
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    >Computers Make Big Strides in
    >Predicting Protein Structure
    >KurzweilAI.net Sept. 16, 2005
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    >Computers can predict the detailed
    >structure of small proteins nearly
    >as well as experimental methods, at
    >least some of the time, according to
    >new studies by Howard Hughes Medical
    >Institute researchers. The findings,
    >which were reported in the September
    >16, 2005, issue of the journal
    >Science, provide a glimmer of hope
    >that scientists eventually...
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    >Mobile fuel cells set to take off
    >in 2006
    >EE Times Sept. 15, 2005
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    >Sales of long-lasting and renewable
    >fuel cells for powering mobile
    >devices will reach $1.6 billion by
    >2010, according to market research
    >firm...
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    >Functioning artificial kidney on
    >the way
    >Reuters Health Sept. 15, 2005
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    >Using nanotechnology, researchers
    >have taken the first step toward
    >developing a fully functioning
    >artificial kidney for patients with
    >end-stage renal disease, possibly
    >eliminating the need for dialysis or
    >kidney transplantation. The device
    >is small -- about the size of a
    >paperback book -- and therefore
    >portable or...
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    >Warming world blamed for more
    >strong hurricanes
    >NewScientist.com News Sept. 15, 2005
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    >A massive global increase in the
    >number of strong hurricanes over the
    >past 35 years is being blamed on
    >global warming, by the most detailed
    >study yet. The US scientists warn
    >that Katrina-strength hurricanes
    >could become the...
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    >Kurzweil's 'The Singularity Is
    >Near' to be published September 26
    >KurzweilAI.net Sept. 15, 2005
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    >The Singularity Is Near: When
    >Humans Transcend Biology by Ray
    >Kurzweil will be published by Viking
    >Press on September 26, 2005. A web
    >site focusing on the book,
    >singularity.com, launched today,
    >includes book excerpts, press
    >coverage, author bio, and other
    >resources. In this much-anticipated
    >sequel to The Age of Spiritual
    >Machines, Kurzweil...
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    >Nanoscale optics may lead to
    >advances in on-chip data
    >transmission
    >KurzweilAI.net Sept. 15, 2005
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    >Rice University researchers have
    >discovered a universal relationship
    >between the behavior of light and
    >electrons, according to study
    >co-author Peter Nordlander,
    >professor of physics and astronomy
    >and of electrical and computer
    >engineering. "We believe the
    >relationship can be exploited to
    >create nanoscale antennae that
    >convert light into...
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