The Ultimate Test of Atom and Neutron Neutrality
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Researchers from Stanford University have proposed a new way to test the neutrality of an atom and even a neutron, a method they say will be far more sensitive than current methods, able to probe the charge ...
The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find
Apr 17, 2008 |
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The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ...
Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide.
Researchers Make Breakthrough in Nanotechnology by Uncovering Conductive Property of Carbon-based Molecules
Apr 17, 2008 |
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University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic—or carbon-based—molecules exhibit the properties of atoms under certain circumstances and, in turn, conduct electricity as well as metal. Detailed ...
What happens when you pop a quantum balloon?
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When a tiny, quantum-scale, hypothetical balloon is popped in a vacuum, do the particles inside spread out all over the place as predicted by classical mechanics?
Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution after Introduction to a New Home
Biology /
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In 1971, biologists moved five adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their home island of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now, an international team of researchers has shown ...
Lakes of meltwater can crack Greenland's ice and contribute to faster ice sheet flow
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have for the first time documented the sudden and complete drainage of a lake of meltwater from the top ...
Asus Releases 8.9 Inch Eee PC 900
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Amid the buzz of reaching a new milestone of 1 million Eee PCs sold in just 5 months after its launch, ASUS has provided yet another round of excitement with its release of the new Eee PC 900.
Mars radar opens up a planet’s third dimension
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2008 |
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ESA’s Mars Express radar sounder, MARSIS, has looked beneath the martian surface and opened up the third dimension for planetary exploration. The technique’s success is prompting scientists to think of all ...
Study: Elephants thought extinct may have survived
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The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to the island of Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan ...
Innovative Composite Opens Terahertz Frequencies to Many Applications
Apr 17, 2008 |
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A frequency-agile metamaterial that for the first time can be tuned over a range of frequencies in the so-called “terahertz gap” has been engineered by a team of researchers from Boston College, Los Alamos National Laboratory ...
The Moon and the Magnetotail
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Behold the full Moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of years. Nothing ever ...
New study validates hurricane prediction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Hurricanes in some areas, including the North Atlantic, are likely to become more intense as a result of global warming even though the number of such storms worldwide may decline, according to a new study by MIT researchers.
Probing question: Is the mid-life crisis a myth?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Admit it — when you see a middle-aged man sliding behind the wheel of his sleek new convertible, you aren't thinking, "Wow, he must have gotten a nice raise." No, the phrase crossing your mind is "mid-life crisis."
Locating a 'Free Choice' Brain Circuit
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Your brain gets a better workout when you change your routine, say scientists at the California Institute of Technology who have pinpointed one particular circuit that activates your ability to execute a decision. This finding ...
