Glimpses of a new (mathematical) world
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A new mathematical object was revealed yesterday during a lecture at the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM). Two researchers from the University of Bristol exhibited the first example of a third degree transcendental ...
Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties
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In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics problem of qu ...
Can quantum antiferromagnets reveal secrets of bosonic supersolids?
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“One of the fundamental issues in physics right now – and for the past many years – is whether or not bosons can form a supersolid phase,” Frédéric Mila tells PhysOrg.com. Mila is a scientist at the Institute of Theoretical Physic ...
The world's largest fusion experiment of the stellarator type taking shape
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The first milestone in the successive assembly of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at the Greifswald branch of Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), Germany, has been reached on schedule with the ...
Researchers investigate evolving 'swarm' robots
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A groundbreaking project at the University of York is to investigate how swarms of miniature robots can work and evolve together.
Sensors for bat-inspired spy plane under development
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A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.
The puzzling 'eye of a hurricane' on Venus
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Venus Express has constantly been observing the south pole of Venus and has found it to be surprisingly fickle. An enormous structure with a central part that looks like the eye of a hurricane, morphs and ...
Meteorites a rich source for primordial soup
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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The organic soup that spawned life on Earth may have gotten generous helpings from outer space, according to a new study. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have discovered concentrations of amino acids ...
A sub-femtosecond stop watch for 'photon finish' races
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Using a system that can compare the travel times of two photons with sub-femtosecond precision, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Two-Dimensional Fluctuating Superconductivity
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Scientists at Brookhaven Lab have discovered a state of two-dimensional (2D) fluctuating superconductivity in a high-temperature superconductor with a particular arrangement of electrical charges known as "stripes."
Ultra-fast, ultra-intense laser has clean-cut advantage
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Many people equate lasers with a sci-fi battle in a galaxy far, far away or, closer to home, with grocery store scanners and compact disc players. However, an ultra-fast, ultra-intense laser, or UUL, with ...
Nature or nurture - why do some of us see red?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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University of Manchester researchers are investigating why some people remain calm in the face of life's niggles, while others 'flip' with little provocation.
Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow
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Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapor in a possible planet-forming region around an infant star, along with evidence that these ...
Reptiles' Muscles Move Lungs for Sneaky Maneuvers in Water
Biology /
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Without a ripple in the water, alligators dive, surface or roll sideways, even though they lack flippers or fins. University of Utah biologists discovered gators maneuver silently by using their diaphragm, ...
Some cheaters can keep it in their genes
Biology /
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A new study examining social behaviour suggests certain individuals are genetically programmed to cheat and often will do... providing they can get away with it.
