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Finding patterns of importance in a deluge of data

Dartmouth engineers George Cybenko and Vincent Berk think that PQS, or process query systems, are the way to go to make sense of the huge volume of data we collect each day from computer network monitors, video surveillance ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

First Detection of a Planet-Forming Disk Near Environment of a Dying Star

Astronomers generally assume that the dusty disks where planets form are found around young stars in stellar nurseries. Now, for the first time, a planet-forming disk has been found in the environment of a ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study finds that caffeine cuts post-workout pain by nearly 50 percent

Athens, Ga. -- Although it's too soon to recommend dropping by Starbucks before hitting the gym, a new study suggests that caffeine can help reduce the post-workout soreness that discourages some people from exercising.

Medicine & Health / Research

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Toshiba Announces 51GB Triple-Layer HD DVD-ROM Disc

Toshiba Corporation today underlined the versatility and high capacity of the HD DVD format with the announcement that the company has developed a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM (read only) disc with a capacity of ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Education does not protect against age-related memory loss, say USC researchers

Adults over 70 with higher levels of education forgot words at a greater rate than those with less education, according to a new study from the University of Southern California.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's Explosion

The three iconic space pillars photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their demise, according to new evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds

If indeed "a diamond is forever," the most primitive origins of Earth's so-called black diamonds were in deep, universal time, geologists have discovered. Black diamonds came from none other than interstellar ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (74) | comments 0

Seven or Eight Dwarf Galaxies Discovered Orbiting the Milky Way

An international team of scientists has discovered seven -- and perhaps eight -- dwarf galaxies orbiting Earth's home galaxy, the Milky Way.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 0

Rethinking last century's closest, brightest supernova

Twenty years ago next month, the closest and brightest supernova in four centuries lit up the southern sky, wowing astronomers and the public alike.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Metric Moon

If you think in pounds and miles instead of kilograms and kilometers, you're in the minority. Only the United States, Liberia, and Burma still primarily use English units -- the rest of the world is metric. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

NASA Selects Proposals for Future Mars Missions and Studies

On Monday, NASA selected for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars' atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Converting Nitrogen to a More Useful Form

Nitrogen-containing organic compounds are important products as well as intermediates for many pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and chemicals used in electronics. Air contains plenty of nitrogen, but it is in a form that cannot ...

Chemistry /

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Scientists celebrate 50 years since key RNA discovery

Profound doubts were the frequent response when MIT biophysicist Alexander Rich announced that two single-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules could spontaneously align themselves to form a double helix, ...

Biology /

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Magellanic Clouds May Be Just Passing Through

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are two of the Milky Way's closest neighboring galaxies. Both are visible only in the southern hemisphere. By studying their orbits, astronomers ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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China world's e-waste dump site

China is the world's dump for electronic waste with about 70 percent of the industry's material smuggled into the country, a Chinese scientist said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0