LSU professor resolves Einstein's twin paradox
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Subhash Kak, Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at LSU, recently resolved the twin paradox, known as one of the most enduring puzzles of modern-day physics.
New accelerator technique doubles particle energy in just one meter
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Imagine a car that accelerates from zero to sixty in 250 feet, and then rockets to 120 miles per hour in just one more inch.
IBM Reveals Breakthrough eDRAM Memory Technology
Feb 14, 2007 |
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In papers presented at the International Solid State Circuits Conference, IBM revealed a first-of-its-kind, on-chip memory technology that features the fastest access times ever recorded in eDRAM (Embedded ...
Study: Spinal cord can repair itself
Feb 14, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say they have disproved the long-held theory that the spinal cord is incapable of repairing itself. The Johns Hopkins University researchers say human nerve stem cells they transplanted into damaged spinal ...
Scientists Elucidate the Origin of the Darkest Galaxies in the Universe
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Ghostly galaxies composed almost entirely of dark matter speckle the universe. Unlike normal galaxies, these extreme systems contain very few stars and are almost devoid of gas. Most of the luminous matter, ...
New Organic Gold-Nanoparticle Memory Device
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Researchers have developed a new memory device that uses gold nanoparticles and the organic semiconducting compound pentacene. This novel pairing is a key step forward in the drive to develop organic "plastic" ...
50 atoms thick membrane sorts individual molecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2007 |
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A newly designed porous membrane, so thin it's invisible edge-on, may revolutionize the way doctors and scientists manipulate objects as small as a molecule.
D-Wave Demonstrated World's First Commercial Quantum Computer
Feb 14, 2007 |
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The world's first commercially viable quantum computer was demonstrated yesterday in Silicon Valley by D-Wave Systems, Inc., a privately-held Canadian firm.
Piece of HIV protein may be key to AIDS vaccine development
Feb 14, 2007 |
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In a finding that could have profound implications for AIDS vaccine design, researchers led by a team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have generated ...
Doctors seek to regrow parts of fingers
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Doctors at a Texas military base are testing a procedure on wounded Iraq veterans that may allow them to regrow portions of lost fingers.
Ready when you are: First evidence that visual cues affect timing of sexual maturation
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Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow today reveal how some females become sexually mature more quickly if they see attractive males. Research published today in the Royal Society journal Biology Le ...
DNA gives new perspectives to understand the mysteries of nature
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What caused the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros ten thousand years ago from an area in Europe covering the coasts of the Arctic Ocean in the north to the coasts of the Mediterranean in the south? What caused the extinction ...
Breakthrough in understanding type-2 diabetes as key genes identified
Feb 14, 2007 |
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The most important genes associated with a risk of developing type-2 diabetes have been identified, scientists report today in a new study.
LIGO and Virgo Join Forces In Search for Gravitational Waves
Feb 14, 2007 |
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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometric gravitational-wave detector of the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) near Pisa, Italy, have agreed to join in a collaborative ...
Mysteries of childhood cognition studied
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists are trying to determine how children develop cognitive skills and how memory affects their judgments.
