Universe offers 'eternal feast,' cosmologist says
Feb 19, 2007 |
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There is no such thing as a free lunch, some say, but they would be wrong. In fact, the entirety of the universe defies them. According to Stanford physics Professor Andrei Linde, one of the architects of the inflationary ...
Computer scientist reveals the math and science behind blockbuster movies
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 19, 2007 |
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On Feb. 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, movie lovers get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the physics-based simulations that breathe life into fantasy.
Optical holography makes information simpler to secure, more difficult to decrypt
Feb 19, 2007 |
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As business done over the Internet is becoming almost conventional these days—more banks becoming virtual, more companies going global—information security is something most people take for granted on a daily ...
The quality of a father-child relationship effects intimate relationships in adulthood
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Recent research at the University of Haifa School of Social Work revealed a connection between father-child relationship and the ability to achieve interrelation intimacy in adulthood. The research, conducted by Dr. Nurit ...
Problem forgetting may be a natural mechanism gone awry
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Better tie that string around your finger a little tighter. It may turn out the reason some people grow increasingly forgetful as they age is less about how old they are and more about subtle changes in the way the brain ...
Crystal clues to better batteries
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Longer-lasting laptop and mobile phone batteries could be a step closer thanks to research by scientists at the University of Oxford.
Surprises from the Sun's South Pole
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Although very close to the minimum of its 11-year sunspot cycle, the Sun showed that it is still capable of producing a series of remarkably energetic outbursts - ESA-NASA Ulysses mission revealed.
Scientific literacy happens -- when students think for themselves
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Give college students less instruction and more freedom to think for themselves in laboratory classes, and the result may be a four-fold increase in their test scores.
Highly accomplished people more prone to failure than others when under stress
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Talented people often choke under pressure because the distraction caused by stress consumes their working memory, research in Psychology has found.
Cancer is a stem cell issue
Feb 19, 2007 |
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There is an urgent reason to study stem cells: stem cells are at the heart of some, if not all, cancers. Mounting evidence implicates a clutch of rogue stem cells brandishing ‘epigenetic’ marks as the main culprits in cancer. ...
Tobacco companies obstructed science, history professor says
Feb 19, 2007 |
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"Doubt is our product," stated a tobacco industry memo from 1969. For half a century, the tobacco industry tried to muddy the link between smoking and cancer. Now, with that effort long since failed, cigarette producers facing ...
Computer science trouble lies in education, not jobs, professor says
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Contrary to tales of doom about the decline of America's computer science industry, the biggest problem facing computing today is not a lack of jobs but a shortage of qualified workers to fill those jobs, says Stanford Professor ...
SlySoft Releases AnyDVD HD, Cracks HD DVD AACS Protection
Feb 19, 2007 |
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SlySoft, a software company based in Antigua, announced the first official release of AnyDVD HD which "supports HD DVD and AACS". It makes it possible to get around the previously uncrackable AACS copy protection ...
RNAi shows promise in gene therapy, researcher says
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Three years ago Mark Kay, MD, PhD, published the first results showing that a biological phenomenon called RNA interference could be an effective gene therapy technique. Since then he has used RNAi gene therapy to effectively ...
Cancer cells more likely to genetically mutate
Feb 19, 2007 |
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When cells become cancerous, they also become 100 times more likely to genetically mutate than regular cells, researchers have found. The findings may explain why cells in a tumor have so many genetic mutations, but could ...
