From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2007 - 07:45:19 PST
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>Brain works more chaotically than
>previously thought
>KurzweilAI.net Mar. 1, 2007
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>The brain appears to process
>information more chaotically than
>has long been assumed. This is
>demonstrated by a new study
>conducted by scientists at the
>University of Bonn. The passing on
>of information from neuron to neuron
>does not, they show, occur
>exclusively at the synapses, i.e.
>the junctions between the nerve cell
>extensions. Rather, it...
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>First direct electric link between
>neurons and light-sensitive
>nanoparticle films created
>KurzweilAI.net Mar. 1, 2007
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>The world's first direct electrical
>link between nerve cells and
>photovoltaic nanoparticle films has
>been achieved by researchers at the
>University of Texas Medical Branch
>at Galveston (UTMB) and the
>University of Michigan. The
>development opens the door to
>applying the unique properties of
>nanoparticles to a wide variety of
>light-stimulated...
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>Scientists: Data-storing bacteria
>could last thousands of years
>Computerworld Feb. 27, 2007
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>Two Japanese universities have
>announced scientists there have
>developed a new technology that uses
>bacteria DNA as a medium for storing
>data long-term, even for thousands
>of years. They have successfully
>encoded "e=mc2 1905!" on the common
>soil bacteria, Bacillius subtilis.
>"While the technology would most
>likely first be used to track...
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>Graphene steps up to silicon's
>challenge
>news_at_nature.com Feb. 28, 2007
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>University of Manchester
>researchers have created an
>atom-sized single electron
>transistor (SET) from a device
>etched out of a sheet of graphene (a
>two-dimensional form of carbon).
>Current industry predictions suggest
>that by 2020 silicon devices will
>have shrunk to about 20 nanometres
>and have reached their limit in size
>and performance. It...
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