Lasers, the Bragg Peak and Cancer Therapy
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “When a laser goes through a plasma,” John Cary tells PhysOrg.com, “it pushes electrons away. Then when it snaps back, it generates an electric wake behind the laser pulse, picking the electrons up and ca ...
Surprisingly, Female Models Have Negative Effect on Men
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many studies have shown that media images of female models have had a negative impact on how woman view their own bodies, but does this same effect hold true when men view male models? A leading researcher ...
Proof by computer: Harnessing the power of computers to verify mathematical proofs
Nov 06, 2008 |
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New computer tools have the potential to revolutionize the practice of mathematics by providing far more-reliable proofs of mathematical results than have ever been possible in the history of humankind. These computer tools, ...
UC Berkeley, Nokia turn mobile phones into traffic probes
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area with GPS-enabled mobile phones can soon tap into new technology that promises to transform traffic monitoring. Moments before midnight on Monday, Nov. 10, researchers ...
The beauty machine
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Our mothers told us that true beauty is more than skin deep — but researchers from Tel Aviv University are now challenging Mom.
Sunlight has more powerful influence on ocean circulation and climate than North American ice sheets
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 06, 2008 |
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A study reported in today's issue of Nature disputes a longstanding picture of how ice sheets influence ocean circulation during glacial periods.
Gold nanostar shape of the future
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Rods, cones, cubes and spheres – move aside. Tiny gold stars, smaller than a billionth of a meter, may hold the promise for new approaches to medical diagnoses or testing for environmental contaminants.
Watching Electrons with Lasers
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the Stanford PULSE Institute for Ultrafast Energy Science at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has recently moved a step closer to visualizing the motions of ...
Following the leader can be a drag, research shows
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the Tour de France to NASCAR, competitors and fans know that speed is only part of the equation. Strategy -- and the ability to use elements like aerodynamic drafting, which makes it ...
'Unprecedented' warming drives dramatic ecosystem shifts in North Atlantic
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While the planet has experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, the most significant climate change of the last 5,000 years has been in recent decades. That change ...
Bond Girl Draws Attention to Babies Born with Extra Fingers or Toes
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the Bond Girls in the new James Bond movie is drawing attention to a relatively common congenital condition called polydactyly -- extra fingers or toes.
Researchers develop ultrafast oscilloscope on a chip
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell ...
Probing Question: Is a Stradivarius violin better than other violins?
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Some sell for more than $3.5 million. Only 700 of them exist, and they’re stored in vaults, frequently stolen and often counterfeited.
Ecologists use oceanographic data to predict future climate change
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Earth scientists are attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. In a November special issue of the journal Ecology, a group of sci ...
Tiny solar cells built to power microscopic machines
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Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE) ...
