Information Storage in Three Dimensions

Physics / General Physics

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (105) | 5

For the first time, researchers have successfully turned a glass material into three-dimensional information storage using a light-based technique. This achievement may be a big step forward for the real-life implementation ...

Logo Can Make You 'Think Different'

Other Sciences / Other

Mar 18, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (92) | 7

Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and ...

Silent, microchip-sized 'fan' has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop

Technology / Semiconductors

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (114) | 11

Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance ...

Killer stairs? Taking the elevator could be worse for your body

Medicine & Health / Health

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (47) | 0

For years, scientists have been proclaiming the benefits of exercise. Studies showing that regular exercise benefits human health have exploded in number, examining many health problems ranging from cancer and diabetes to ...

Need New Look? Online Makeover is fan-taaz-tic

Technology / Computer Sciences

Mar 18, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (10) | 0

Thanks to a Jacobs School startup company whose site, Taaz.com went live today, the cosmetics counter isn't the only place to try out the latest makeup trends. The new way is easier, faster, and much more ...

Loopy photons clarify 'spookiness' of quantum physics

Physics / General Physics

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (50) | 5

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Joint Quantum Institute (NIST/University of Maryland) have developed a new method for creating pairs of entangled photons, particles of light whose ...

Team Finds 'Metafilms' Can Shrink Radio, Radar Devices

Physics / Condensed Matter

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (35) | 0

Recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has demonstrated that thin films made of “metamaterials”—manmade composites engineered to offer strange combinations of electromagnetic ...

Researchers Prove Bridge from Conventional to Molecular Electronics Possible

Chemistry /

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (20) | 1

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have set the stage for building the “evolutionary link” between the microelectronics of today built from semiconductor compounds and future ...

Natural Selection and the Human Skull

Biology /

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (30) | 1

New research led by UC Davis anthropologist Tim Weaver adds to the evidence that chance, rather than natural selection, best explains why the skulls of modern humans and ancient Neanderthals evolved differently. The findings ...

The Vanishing Rings of Saturn

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (15) | 1

Saturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope. Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing.

Researchers say Arctic sea ice still at risk despite cold winter

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 18, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (8) | 1

Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on “thin ice” when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average winter ...

The regulation of negative emotions: Impact on brain activity

Medicine & Health / Research

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (23) | 1

Emotions play an important role in the lives of humans, and influence our behavior, thoughts, decisions, and interactions. The ability to regulate emotions is essential to both mental and physical well-being.

UCSD Scientists Develop Sensor for Homemade Bombs

Chemistry /

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 2

A team of chemists and physicists at the University of California, San Diego has developed a tiny, inexpensive sensor chip capable of detecting trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used in the most ...

Gene 'knockout' floors tobacco carcinogen

Biology /

Mar 18, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (19) | 0

In large-scale field trials, scientists from North Carolina State University have shown that silencing a specific gene in burley tobacco plants significantly reduces harmful carcinogens in cured tobacco leaves.

Tell them where it hurts

Technology / Computer Sciences

Mar 18, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 0

For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years. Using a novel technique, researchers have now developed a way to predict such fracturing, applying the procedure to Michelangelo's ...