A Cosmic Coincidence Resurrects the Cyclical Universe
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Over the past five years or so, scientists have finally converged on a model of the universe that explains (or at least permits) all of its characteristics. The new cosmological model has one very surprising feature, however, ...
Galaxy evolution in cyber universe matches astronomical observations in fine detail
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Scientists at the University of Chicago have bolstered the case for a popular scenario of the big bang theory that neatly explains the arrangement of galaxies throughout the universe. Their supercomputer simulation ...
Shuttling Electrons
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“We are trying to understand quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems,” Jason Twamley explains to PhysOrg.com. “These systems display richer dynamics and interactions than one can obtain with quantum optical ...
Jupiter's 'Big Brother' Has Moon-Forming Dust Disk
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Earth's Moon was created by an early collision with another large planetary body. It was a "chip off the old block." Mars captured its asteroidal moons as they passed by. But Jupiter made its own moons out ...
Scientists try to interpret horse speak
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U.S. researchers are listening to horse vocalizations in an attempt to interpret how stress is communicated when the animals whinny.
New discovery could offer clues to origins of Milky Way
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Spiral galaxies are the glitter of the universe. These systems of stars, dust, gas and plasma are held together by gravity but seem to pinwheel across the darkness of space. They have fascinated nighthawks ...
Growing Nanostructures on Micro Cantilever Provides New Platform for Materials Discovery
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Researchers have developed a new technique that could provide detailed information about the growth of carbon nanotubes and other nanometer-scale structures as they are being produced. The technique offers ...
New software 'teaches' computers how to identify beauty
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Beauty is no longer just in the eye of the beholder-computers "taught" to evaluate photographs can match people's aesthetic judgments of "beautiful" or "pretty" more than 70 percent of the time, according to Penn State researchers.
'Cosmic Telescopes' May Have Found Infant Galaxies
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Using massive clusters of galaxies as “cosmic telescopes,” a research team led by a Johns Hopkins University astronomer has found what may be infant galaxies born in the first billion years after the beginning ...
Illinois physicists produce two most important scientific papers
Jun 05, 2006 |
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Two of the five most important papers published in the 43-year history of the journal Applied Physics Letters were written by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nick Holonyak Jr., ...
Carbon Dots Newest Member of Brightly Luminescent Nanoparticle Family
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 05, 2006 |
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Chemists at Clemson University have developed a new type of quantum dot that is the first to be made from carbon. Like their metal-based counterparts, these nanoscale "carbon dots" glow brightly when exposed to light and ...
Samsung Introduces Advanced Mobile and Digital Information Displays
Jun 05, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics, the world's largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, will introduce a 3.5" LCD with embedded touch screen, and the first-ever 7" LCD driven by ...
Andromeda Adrift in Sea of Dust in New Spitzer Image
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The Andromeda galaxy, named for the mythological princess who almost fell prey to a sea monster, appears tranquil in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The mesmerizing infrared mosaic shows red ...
Toshiba reports 200 GB laptop hard drive
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Toshiba Monday announced the largest commercially available 2.5-inch hard drive for laptop computers.
Yoga recommended in breast cancer cases
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A University of Texas study says yoga, India's ancient system of exercise and meditation, helps improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients.
