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Fingerprint Reader That Uses Ultrasonic Sound Waves Posted: 03 Mar 2015 04:08 AM PST At Mobile World Congress Qualcomm has announced a new fingerprint reader that uses ultrasonic waves to verify your fingerprint in The post Fingerprint Reader That Uses Ultrasonic Sound Waves has been published onTechnology Org.

Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser Posted: 03 Mar 2015 03:32 AM PST For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an The post Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser has been published on Technology Org.

New Study Finds Graphene Potent Against Cancer Stem Cells Posted: 03 Mar 2015 03:22 AM PST One of the reasons why all currently-available cancer treatments are so limited in their effectiveness is that they The post New Study Finds Graphene Potent Against Cancer Stem Cells has been published onTechnology Org.

Study: Most Doctors Comply with Parents’ Requests to Delay Vaccination Posted: 03 Mar 2015 03:17 AM PST The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 14 different vaccinations children should receive between birth and The post Study: Most Doctors Comply with Parents’ Requests to Delay Vaccination has been published on Technology Org.

Worker robots that can “think” on their feet Posted: 03 Mar 2015 02:32 AM PST MIT roboticists are developing smart assembly line robots that will learn from experience working alongside humans Assembly line The post Worker robots that can “think” on their feet has been published on Technology Org.

Black phosphorus is new ‘wonder material’ for improving optical communication Posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:06 AM PST Phosphorus, a highly reactive element commonly found in match heads, tracer bullets, and fertilizers, can be turned into The post Black phosphorus is new ‘wonder material’ for improving optical communication has been published on Technology Org.

Gaze tracking using ordinary webcam Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:54 AM PST A new product for real-time eye movement tracking using ordinary webcams has been released by Neurotechnology. The software-based technology requires The post Gaze tracking using ordinary webcam has been published on Technology Org.

Engineers developing pavement technologies to clear snow and ice from runways Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:51 AM PST Alireza Sassani turned a switch and sent 60 volts of electricity into a small block of concrete. A The post Engineers developing pavement technologies to clear snow and ice from runways has been published on Technology Org.

SanDisk Unveils 200GB Capacity microSD Card Posted: 02 Mar 2015 11:58 PM PST SanDisk, a global leader in flash storage solutions, introduced the 200GB* SanDisk Ultra®microSDXC™ UHS-I card, Premium Edition, the The post SanDisk Unveils 200GB Capacity microSD Card has been published on Technology Org.

A change in thought on Earth’s core formation Posted: 02 Mar 2015 08:42 PM PST Violent collisions between the growing Earth and other objects in the solar system generated significant amounts of iron The post A change in thought on Earth’s core formation has been published on Technology Org.

Spacecraft “Dawn” Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival Posted: 02 Mar 2015 08:40 PM PST NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf The post Spacecraft “Dawn” Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival has been published onTechnology Org.

Fujitsu Develops Prototype Smartphone with Iris Authentication Posted: 02 Mar 2015 08:35 PM PST Fujitsu today announced that it has developed an iris authentication system and has built it into a prototype The post Fujitsu Develops Prototype Smartphone with Iris Authentication has been published onTechnology Org.

What’s beneath Hawaii’s most active volcano? Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:38 PM PST Step away from the villages and idyllic beaches of Hawaii, and you may think you’ve been transported to The post What’s beneath Hawaii’s most active volcano? has been published on Technology Org.

Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:24 PM PST For almost a century, scientists have been puzzled by a process that is crucial to much of the The post Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater has been published on Technology Org.

New analysis shows ion slowdown in fuel cell material Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:11 PM PST Dislocations in oxides such as cerium dioxide, a solid electrolyte for fuel cells, turn out to have a The post New analysis shows ion slowdown in fuel cell material has been published onTechnology Org.

Disease-carrying fleas abound on New York City’s rats Posted: 02 Mar 2015 12:15 PM PST In the first study of its kind since the 1920s, rats in New York City were found to The post Disease-carrying fleas abound on New York City’s rats has been published onTechnology Org.

Could Ebola mutate faster than we can develop treatments? Posted: 02 Mar 2015 11:53 AM PST As the worst known epidemic of the Ebola virus continues in West Africa, scientists around the world are The post Could Ebola mutate faster than we can develop treatments? has been published onTechnology Org.