Gossip is All About Friends, Physicists Say
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The extent and speed that gossip spreads largely depends on how many friends the subject of the gossip has, according to recent work by a group of physicists.
Scientists rotate electron spin with electric field
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Researchers at the Delft University of Technology’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) have succeeded in controlling the spin of a single electron merely ...
Mars Express Probes Red Planet's Unusual Deposits
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 01, 2007 |
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The radar system on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has uncovered new details about some of the most mysterious deposits on Mars: the Medusae Fossae Formation. It has provided the first direct ...
Ride your briefcase to work with Yamaha's BOBBY scooter
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A new mini-scooter from Yamaha can fold up to resemble a suitcase on wheels. The Yamaha BOBBY, which was recently debuted at the 2007 40th Tokyo Motor Show, will include a variety of Internet features (yet ...
Engineers Teach Nature to 'Grow' Computer Components
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Computers don't grow on trees, but with a little prodding from engineers, nature can produce computer components.
Researchers breed a mighty mouse
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Case Western Reserve University researchers have bred a line of “mighty mice” (PEPCK-Cmus mice) that have the capability of running five to six kilometers at a speed of 20 meters per minute on a treadmill for up to six hours ...
Shaping the future -- from sleep to air travel
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Imagine airplane wings that can change shape in mid-air or a material that can curve, bulge or twist without the need for expensive and heavy motors or hydraulics. Imagine a material that gets thicker when ...
Radio waves fire up nanotubes embedded in tumors, destroying liver cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by non-invasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...
Japan: Total Mobility Project Converts Standard Auto to Solar
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The Prefecture of Fukushima, Japan and the Total Mobility Project have announced the creation of a solar powered auto converted from a standard Mazda Roadster. The joint efforts of government and citizen groups ...
New technique makes atomic-level microscopy 100 times faster
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Using an existing technique in a novel way, Cornell physicist Keith Schwab and colleagues at Cornell and Boston University have made the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) -- which can image individual atoms ...
Mars makes a special appearance
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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All five of the planets visible with the unaided eye will be on display during November nights, but the special attraction will be Mars. The red planet is approaching Earth in its orbit, and it won't appear ...
Device Created for 'Red Wine Headache'
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A device first developed by chemistry professor Rich Mathies to look for signs of life on Mars could help avoid the dreaded “red wine headache.”
Rutgers physicists show how electrons 'gain weight' in metal compounds near absolute zero
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Rutgers University physicists have performed computer simulations that show how electrons become one thousand times more massive in certain metal compounds when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero – ...
White Dwarf 'Sibling Rivalry' Explodes into Supernova
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Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that a supernova discovered last year was caused by two colliding white dwarf stars. The white dwarfs were siblings orbiting ...
New mini-sensor may have biomedical and security applications
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A tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslas-equivalent to the brain waves of a person daydreaming-has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
