A Physicist's Guide to Texas Hold 'Em
Apr 04, 2007 |
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What are the odds that poker can be explained by statistical physics, much the same as a variety of other complex systems? They’re pretty good, according to physicist Clément Sire of Université of Toulouse ...
Dieting does not work, researchers report
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association.
3.2 billion-year-old surprise: Earth had strong magnetic field
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Geophysicists at the University of Rochester announce in today’s issue of Nature that the Earth’s magnetic field was nearly as strong 3.2 billion years ago as it is today.
Taking nature’s cue for cheaper solar power
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Solar cell technology developed by the University’s Nanomaterials Research Centre will enable New Zealanders to generate electricity from sunlight at a 10th of the cost of current silicon-based photo-electric ...
Seats helped ancient greeks hear from back row
Apr 04, 2007 |
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As the ancient Greeks were placing the last few stones on the magnificent theater at Epidaurus in the fourth century B.C., they couldn’t have known that they had unwittingly created a sophisticated acoustic ...
Seeking the Next Kevlar: Researchers Fine Tune Nanotube/Nylon Composite Using Carbon Spacers
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A team of University of Pennsylvania and Rice University researchers have added a significant new step to the creation of materials fortified by single-walled carbon nanotubes, or SWNTs, resulting in a nylon polymer composite ...
X-ray satellites catch magnetar in gigantic stellar 'hiccup'
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Astronomers using data from several X-ray satellites have caught a magnetar – the remnant of a massive star with an incredibly strong magnetic field – in a sort of giant cosmic blench.
Fascinating Spider Silk
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Stronger than steel and more elastic than rubber: spider silk is unsurpassed in its expandability, resistance to tearing, and toughness. Spider silk would be an ideal material for a large variety of medical and technical ...
Supernova impostor goes supernova
Apr 04, 2007 |
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In a galaxy far, far away, a massive star suffered a nasty double whammy. On Oct. 20, 2004, Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki saw the star let loose an outburst so bright that it was initially mistaken ...
Dust clouds in cosmic cycle
Apr 04, 2007 |
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It has been a mystery for astronomers how certain dying stars have their colossal quantities of material blown out into the universe and shrink into objects called "white dwarves". This is the basis of a ground-breaking ...
Flies don't buzz about aimlessly!
Biology /
Apr 04, 2007 |
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How you ever stopped to wonder how a fruit fly is able to locate and blissfully drown in your wine glass on a warm summer evening, especially since its flight path seems to be so erratic? Mark Frye at the University of California ...
Intel's Embedded Portfolio Goes Quad-core
Apr 04, 2007 |
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As Intel reaches the 30-year anniversary of its embedded business, it brings quad-core chips into the mix and offers a new telecom server.
Intel Offers vPro for Laptops
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Just a few weeks after Intel announced the new features of its vPro technology for desktops, the chip maker announces that it will offer the platform for business notebooks.
U.S. rejects three stem cell patents
Apr 04, 2007 |
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary rejection of three stem cell patents held by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A 'traffic light' for neurons means 'go' for improving brain research
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Every thought, feeling and action originates from the electrical signals emitted by diverse brain cells enmeshed in a tangle of circuits. At this fundamental level, scientists struggle to explain the mind. Worse yet, they ...
