Lights, Camera, Render: Visualizing the Universe
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A red plume of hydrogen gas streams in three dimensions across a movie screen that almost spans the width of a dark conference room. Within the plume a brilliant white spot forms. The spot ...
High Energy Physics Team Sets New Data-Transfer World Records
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on seven years of record-breaking developments, an international team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers led by the California Institute of Technology--with ...
New study finds possible clues to epilepsy, autism
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Rice University researchers have found a potential clue to the roots of epilepsy, autism, schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.
HiRISE Camera Captures High-Resolution 3-D Images of Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, team based at The University of Arizona today released 362 three-dimensional images of Mars taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's ...
Thinking like a president: How power affects complex decision making
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Presidential scholars have written volumes trying to understand the presidential mind. How can anyone juggle so many complicated decisions? Do those seeking office have a unique approach to decision making? Studies have suggested ...
Toward 4G Phones: LG Develops World's First LTE Handset Modem Chip
Dec 09, 2008 |
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LG Electronics announced today that it has independently developed the first handset (user equipment) modem chip based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)technology standards. The modem chip can theoretically ...
Researchers get first look at how groups of cells coordinate their movements
Biology /
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using novel imaging, labeling, and data-analysis techniques, scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have been able to visualize, for the first time, large numbers ...
Genetic change extends mouse life, points to possible treatment for ALS
Dec 09, 2008 |
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There are many ways to die, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease must be one of the worst. By the time a patient notices muscle weakness, the neurons that control the muscles have already ...
A 'black magic' CO2 fix
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Biochar, similar to charcoal used by pre-Columbian Amazonian cultures to boost crop yields, could help the fight against climate change by securely locking carbon away in soils for thousands of years, according ...
When 2 + 2 = major anxiety: Math performance in stressful situations
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Imagine you are sitting in the back of a classroom, daydreaming about the weekend. Then, out of nowhere, the teacher calls upon you to come to the front the room and solve a math problem. In front of everyone. If just reading ...
Developing countries lack means to acquire more efficient technologies
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Contrary to earlier projections, few developing countries will be able to afford more efficient technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next few decades, new research concludes. The study, by researchers at ...
Novatel Debuts Their Wireless MiFi Hotspot
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Novatel MiFi portable broadband hotspot card does the job of a 3G modem and wireless router combined. The MiFi can connect to either an EVDO Rev. A or HSPA signal. The connection is then ...
Conscious vs. unconscious thought in making complicated decisions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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When faced with a difficult decision, we try to come up with the best choice by carefully considering all of the options, maybe even resorting to lists and lots of sleepless nights. So it may be surprising that recent studies ...
Getting to the Heart of Stents
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the Canadian Light Source, a team of researchers from Quebec’s Laval University and Australia’s La Trobe University has discovered how to improve the nanometers-thick layer of polymer ...
Honey adds health benefits, is natural preservative and sweetener in salad dressings
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Antioxidant-rich honey is a healthy alternative to chemical additives and refined sweeteners in commercial salad dressings, said a new University of Illinois study.
