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MOTORAZR VE20 Mobile Phone unveiled by Alltel Wireless

The Motorola’s latest mobile phone named MOTORAZR VE20 has been launched MOTORAZR VE20 Mobile Phone unveiled by Alltel Wireless by Alltel Wireless. The new RAZR is a very sleek and attractive flip handset with exciting features.

It has touch-sensitive controls. Other than this, the handset has Bluetooth function, 2 mega pixel camera with video, MP3 player with 3.5mm headset jack capabilities, GPS capabilities and an expandable memory slot. 

Create your home-made lab-on-a-chip with some paper, ink and sunlight

London, Sept 24 : You can now create your own lab-on-a-chip device by just writing on a piece of paper. All you need is the right paper, ink, and sunlight to create a microfluidic device that can not only test water quality but identify pathogens also.

The new method, developed by George Whitesides and colleagues at Harvard, could help developing countries access the latest lab techniques.

The researchers have found that the pores naturally present in paper can carry liquids just like standard chips.

In order to make impermeable "walls" to confine the fluids into narrow channels, they use a polymer liquid that sets hard when exposed to UV light called photoresist, which is used to etch designs onto silicon chips.

Now, a 30dollar-30-minute test to detect contaminated water

London, Sept 24 : Detecting contamination in water will now take just thirty minutes and thirty dollars, thanks to a new test developed at Australia''''s Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre near Sydney.

While natural disasters such as tsunamis or floods often leave local water sources tainted with harmful bacteria, the existing tests for contamination take almost three days to produce a result.

But, the new test takes just half an hour and makes the testing process a lot faster and economical, reports New Scientist.

For detecting the contaminants, antibodies attached to tiny magnets are added to the water.

Nintendo Wii holds rehabilitation benefits too

Washington, Sept 24 : Nintendo Wii, the popular gaming system, not just combines fun and exercise, but also holds rehabilitation benefits for those suffering from cerebral palsy, says a new study.

The UMDNJ case study, namely “Use of a Low-Cost, Commercially Available Gaming Console (Wii) for Rehabilitation of an Adolescent with Cerebral Palsy,” focused on use of the Nintendo Wii for rehabilitation of a teen with cerebral palsy.

The case study of the 13-year-old male with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy has shown physical therapy benefits resulting from the use of Wii, a relatively low-cost, commercially available, interactive gaming system.

Google mobile is not just an iPhone clone

Google mobile is not just an iPhone cloneWashington, September 24 : The first mobile phone that runs Google Inc.''s software, though looks identical with Apple Inc.''s iPhone, provides several extra facilities.

Launched in the U. S. market on October 22, the phone comes with a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google''s e-mail and mapping programs.

With its launch, Google has debuted as a cell phone software provider.

Wireless carrier T-Mobile will begin selling the G1 phone for 179 dollars with a two-year contract in its stores.

Molecular biologists discover ‘formula’ for longer plant life

Berlin, September 24 : Molecular biologists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, Germany, have discovered how the growth of leaves and the aging process of plants are coordinated, which can be referred to as the formula for longer plant life.

In their study, now published in PLoS Biology, scientists at the institute have shown that certain small sections of genes, so-called microRNAs, coordinate growth and aging processes in plants.

These microRNAs inhibit certain regulators, known as TCP transcription factors. These transcription factors in turn influence the production of jasmonic acid, a plant hormone.

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