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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

Microbial team turns corn stalks and leaves into better biofuel

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT

A fungus and E. coli bacteria have joined forces to turn tough, waste plant material into isobutanol, a biofuel that matches gasoline's properties better than ethanol.

Computer can read letters directly from the brain

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 11:16 AM PDT

By analysing MRI images of the brain with an elegant mathematical model, it is possible to reconstruct thoughts more accurately than ever before. In this way, researchers have succeeded in determining which letter a test subject was looking at.

Waking up to a new year: Exoplanet orbits its star in 8.5 hours

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 09:19 AM PDT

In the time it takes you to complete a single workday, or get a full night's sleep, a small fireball of a planet 700 light-years away has already completed an entire year. Researchers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet named Kepler 78b that whips around its host star in a mere 8.5 hours -- one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected.

'Poisoning' corrosion brings stainless magnesium closer

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 07:27 AM PDT

In a discovery that could have major implications for the aerospace, automotive and electronics industries, scientists have found a way to dramatically reduce the corrosion rate of lightweight wonder metal magnesium: adding arsenic.

Quadcopter piloted by a smartphone

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 06:01 AM PDT

A new quadcopter can negotiate its way through a room completely on its own. It does not need any human interference, and in contrast to other models, it is not assisted by any external computer. All the necessary computing power in on board; the image processing is done by a standard smartphone.
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