http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:27:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researchers_use_ct_to_recreate_stradivarius_violin Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques, a team of experts has created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin CalTechNews Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:20:18 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/boost_in_battery_energy_capacity,_charge_rate Imagine a cellphone battery that stayed charged for more than a week and recharged in just 15 minutes. That dream battery could be closer to reality thanks to Northwestern University research CalTechNews Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:26:12 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/iphone_turned_into_spiphone_smartphone_senses_keyboard_vibrations_deciphers_sentences It's a pattern that no doubt repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices around the world: People sit down, turn on their computers, set their mobile phones on their desks and begin to work. What if a hacker could use that phone to track what CalTechNews Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:01:33 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/double_wireless_capacity_with_no_new_towers_ The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their networks without adding a single cell tower CalTechNews Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:24:18 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/can_new_drug_cure_nearly_any_viral_infection_ Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola CalTechNews Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:15:57 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_bionic_leg_gives_amputees_a_natural_gait A new lower-limb prosthetic developed at Vanderbilt University allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs CalTechNews Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:40:45 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/engineers_fly_world_s_first_printed_aircraft Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design CalTechNews Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:01:05 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/nuclear_radiation_affects_sex_of_babies_ Ionizing radiation is not without danger to human populations. Indeed, exposure to nuclear radiation leads to an increase in male births relative to female births, according to a new study CalTechNews Fri, 27 May 2011 09:03:57 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/cell_towers_to_get_smaller--a_lot_smaller As mobile data usage skyrockets, wireless companies are spending billions each year to maximize capacity, and consumers end up footing the cost in the form of higher cell phone bills CalTechNews Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:42:55 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_drilling_method_opens_vast_oil_fields_in_us A new drilling technique is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in the western United States, helping reverse a two-decade decline in domestic production of crude. CalTechNews Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:15:47 +0100