http://www.ccnmag.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:07:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/explosives_go_green_and_become_yery_precise Certain explosives may soon get a little greener and a little more precise. LLNL researchers added unique green solvents called TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene) and improved the crystal quality and chemical purity of the material. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/sign_language_over_cell_phones_comes_to_united_states Researchers have developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ultrafast_computers_and_electronics_on_the_horizon_ physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons – a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/stretchable_silicon_camera_next_step_to_artificial_retina Digital cameras have transformed the world of photography. Now new technology inspired by the human eye could push the photographic image farther forward by producing improved images with a wider field of view. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/making_solar_energy_storage_cheap_efficient a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_states_of_electrons_that_behave_like_light_discovered_2 A team of researchers at Princeton University's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center has observed electrons moving through a crystal of bismuth metal behaving like light. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/europe_s_next-generation_broadband An enormous research effort by Europe’s leading broadband players has helped accelerate dramatically the rollout of next-generation broadband services reaching speeds in the 10s of Mbit/s in many European countries. That is just the start. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/cow_power_could_generate_electricity_for_millions Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/low-cost,_bright_led_lighting_closer_to_reality Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/computers_memories_that_don_t_forget HP has announced that researchers from HP Labs, the company’s central research facility, have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100