Tribal war drove human evolution of aggression
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Wars are costly in terms of lives and resources – so why have we fought them throughout human history? In modern times, states may fight wars for a number of complex reasons. But in the past, most tribal wars were fought ...
Future nanoelectronics may face obstacles
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Combining ordinary electronics with light has been a potential way to create minimal computer circuits with super fast information transfer. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden and the University of ...
Why delaying gratification is smart
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 09, 2008 |
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If you had a choice between receiving $1,000 right now or $4,000 ten years from now, which would you pick? Psychologists use the term "delay discounting" to describe our inability to resist the temptation of a smaller immediate ...
Phoenix Monitors Frosty Clumps on its Struts
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest look underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows growth of clumps that are adhering to a leg strut.
Switched-on new nanotechnology paints for hospitals could kill superbugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 09, 2008 |
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New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting ...
Landmark study reports breakdown in biotech patent system
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The world's intellectual property system is broken. It's stopping lifesaving technologies from reaching the people who need them most in developed and developing countries, according to the authors of a report released in ...
Researchers find memory capacity much bigger than previously thought
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In recent years, demonstrations of memory's failures have convinced many scientists that human memory does not store the details of our experiences. However, a new study from MIT cognitive neuroscientists ...
An accurate speedometer for astronomy
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Events on a cosmic scale are often barely discernable on Earth. This explains why astronomers are currently not able to prove directly that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, nor can they ...
MU anthropologist develops new approach to explain religious behavior
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Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach to study ...
Climate: New spin on ocean's role
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New studies of the Southern Ocean are revealing previously unknown features of giant spinning eddies that have a profound influence on marine life and on the world's climate.
Oil-eating microbes give clue to ancient energy source
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Microbes that break down oil and petroleum are more diverse than we thought, suggesting hydrocarbons were used as an energy source early in Earth's history, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's ...
Asus Introduces its First Glide-Enabled PDA Phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 09, 2008 |
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The ASUS P552w is the latest PDA phone that features, Glide innovative, touch responsive user interface that makes navigating on this mobile phone more intuitive and interactive than ever before.
Physicists harness effects of disorder in magnetic sensors
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Chicago scientists have discovered how to make magnetic sensors capable of operating at the high temperatures that ceramic engines in cars and aircraft of the future will require ...
Oil seed rape grown for biofuel can help clean up toxic soils
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Oil seed rape grown for biofuel in Ireland could help clean up contaminated soils, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.
A comet’s tale at Diamond
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A new picture of the composition of comets is emerging with the help of 21st century technology available at Diamond, the UK’s national synchrotron light source, in Oxfordshire.
