Daily Archives: October 8, 2012

Gurdon and Yamanaka share Nobel prize for stem cell work

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Deskarati

British and Japanese researchers John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka have won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology. The Nobel prize committee at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute said on Monday that they won the award “for the discovery that mature cells can be … Continue reading →

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Ten-minute online test estimates ‘Face-Name Memory IQ’

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Deskarati

How skillful are you at remembering faces and names? Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are inviting the world to take part in an online experiment that will allow participants to see how their individual scores on a face-name … Continue reading →

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Disney’s magical vision for 3-D printed optical elements

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Deskarati

Disney Research is serious about mixing science with play and pushing further into imaginative results with 3-D printing. A research paper, “Printed Optics: 3D Printing of Embedded Optical Elements for Interactive Devices,” talks about explorations into 3-D printing with custom … Continue reading →

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