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Creaform launches the EXAScan

Julien — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:00:21 +0000

Today, at the TCT 2007 Conference in Coventry, Creaform unveiled their new scanner, the EXAScan. This scanner comes in to expand the Handyscan3d product line, along with the existing REVScan. According to Creaform, the EXAScan is able to achieve resolutions 5 times greater and precisions 2 times better than the existing REVScan. It will also [...]

Kansas School Board Reinstates Evolution!

Julien — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:35:09 +0000

American Press, Tupoka, KA – The Kansas state Board of Education on Tuesday repealed science guidelines questioning evolution that had made the state an object of ridicule. The new guidelines reflect mainstream scientific views of evolution and represent a political defeat for advocates of “intelligent design,” who had helped write the standards that are being jettisoned. The [...]

Thinking with the Spinal Cord …?

Julien — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:34:35 +0000

Two scientists from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the spinal cord use network mechanisms similar to those used in the brain. The discovery is featured in the current issue of Science. The research group behind the surprising results consists of Professor Jørn Hounsgaard and Post.doc Rune W. Berg from the University of Copenhagen, and [...]

Gasoline from old plastic bags

Julien — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:45:22 +0000

A litre of gasoline can be obtained from a kilogram of old plastic sachets by appying a technology being developed by the specialists of the D.I. Mendeleev Russian Chemical-Engineering University. This is one of unique examples how the scientists can use a material initially made of petroleum to get if not oil per se again [...]