No strong link seen between violent video games and aggression
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Results from the first long-term study of online videogame playing may be surprising. Contrary to popular opinion and most previous research, the new study found that players' "robust exposure" to a highly violent online gam ...
Siberian permafrost melting
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Russian scientists said the western Siberian sub-Arctic region -- a peat bog the size of France and Germany -- has begun to thaw.
Erotic images, gore cause temporary "blindness"
Aug 11, 2005 |
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If your partner seems to be ignoring you after a flash of nudity on the television screen, it might not be his or her fault. New research indicates that people shown erotic or gory images frequently fail to process what they ...
Scientists explain reality show popularity
Aug 11, 2005 |
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University of South Carolina researchers believe they have discovered why television reality shows have become very popular.
Study Shows Shoplifters More Readily Identified By Behavior, Not Race
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Shoppers who leave the store without buying anything are much more likely to be walking away with stolen merchandise than those who do make a purchase, a University of Florida study finds.
'Gadonanotubes' greatly outperform existing MRI contrast agents
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Researchers at Rice University, the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Houston and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have created a new class of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast ...
Black Hole Blows Bubble Between The Stars
Aug 11, 2005 |
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A team of astronomers from The Netherlands and the UK has discovered a vast "jet-powered bubble" formed in the gas around a black hole in the Milky Way.
Blue Gene supercomputer installed at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
Aug 11, 2005 |
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One of the world's fastest supercomputers was officially inaugurated at IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory (ZRL). The so-called BlueGene/L system has the same performance as the computer ranked 21st on the current list of the ...
Russia to exhibit new Clipper spaceship
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Russian officials said Wednesday their country's new Clipper spaceship will never become an alternative to the U.S. space shuttles.
Americans in Love with "Terabyte Lifestyle"; Study Finds Nearly all Own Products with Digital Technology
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Lifestyles of American adults are becoming increasingly "digital," with fully three-quarters owning computers, and large majorities owning multiple electronics products - ranging from cell phones to entertainment devices ...
Yahoo! move will impact China's e-commerce
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Plans by Yahoo! to invest $1 billion for a 35-percent to 40-percent stake in Chinese B2B and auction firm Alibaba.com will change the competitive landscape in China's e-commerce market, analysts told United Press International. ...
From ‘macro’ to ‘micro’ – turbulence seen by Cluster
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Thanks to measurements by ESA’s Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified ‘micro’-vortices in Earth’s magnetosphere.
Less is more: The Siemens mobile phone CC75 goes for high-convenience purism
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Many mobile phone users just want one thing: simple telephone functions, but without compromising in any way on the quality or design of their mobile phone. The question they ask is: Why bother with a whole ...
Key Website Research Highlights Gender Bias
Aug 11, 2005 |
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A first-of-its-kind study conducted by experts at the University of Glamorgan has proved that men and women really are poles apart when it comes to what catches their eye on the internet.
China to send pork sperm on space flight
Aug 11, 2005 |
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The next manned space flight of China will carry capsules of pedigree pig sperm in a test that scientists hope will ultimately produce better quality pork.
