Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Neuro-Chip from Infineon Can Read Your Mind - New Findings in Brain Research Expected



The "Neuro-Chip" from Infineon Technologies is connected with a living nerve cell. The Neuro-Chip's 16,384 sensors read the electrical activity of the cell. The typical size of neurons is between 10 - 50 micrometers (1 µm, a thousandth of a millimeter).

Friday, October 22, 2004

NASA's Great Observatories May Unravel 400-Year Old Supernova Mystery




Four hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, were startled by the sudden appearance of a "new star" in the western sky, rivaling the brilliance of the nearby planets. Now, astronomers using NASA's three Great Observatories are unraveling the mysteries of the expanding remains of Kepler's supernova, the last such object seen to explode in our Milky Way galaxy.