New technique to optimize computer speed
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Who doesn’t dream of increasingly fast computers that consume less and less energy? To design these computers of the future, it is important to be able to control nanoscale strain in the processors. Until now, ...
When It Comes to Brains, Size Matters
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Findings of a three-year study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Florida, Gainesville run counter to the popular belief that women have better language skills than men.
Ultrafast look into atoms and molecules
Jun 20, 2008 |
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New record in ultrafast metrology: Physicists at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich are the first to produce light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds.
A novel X-ray source could be brightest in the world
Jun 20, 2008 |
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[B]Oscillator projected to increase current brightness by millions of times[/B] The future of high-intensity x-ray science has never been brighter now that scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory hav ...
The genetics of Anarchy
Jun 20, 2008 |
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A study of honeybee 'anarchy' has uncovered several regions of the genome that influence cheating behaviour.
Warning for teens: Teeth and jewelry don't mix
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Skin piercings might be the rage among teens, but researchers from Tel Aviv University have found good reasons to think twice about piercing one's tongue or lip.
Supercomputer explores biochemical landscape to find memory switches
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Jun 20, 2008 |
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Switches are a part of daily life, from snoozing your alarm, turning on the coffee maker, firing up your car engine, and so on until we turn off the lights at night. Researchers have now cataloged even more ...
Conventional wisdom wrong about Arab journalists' anti-Americanism
Jun 20, 2008 |
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[B]Research published in International Journal of Press/Politics[/B] Since September 11, U.S. politicians have repeatedly reminded us that the journalists in the Arab world are biased against America and the West. Ground-breaking res ...
Computer Science Professor’s Breakthrough Maps the Cool Quest
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Like a Doppler weather map with red blotches tracking the paths of major storms, a new tracking software service co-developed by Columbia University computer science professor Tony Jebara instantly shows people ...
Study shows that chronic grief activates pleasure areas of the brain
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[B]Findings could change how health professionals treat the disorder[/B] Grief is universal, and most of us will probably experience the pain grief brings at some point in our lives, usually with the death of a loved one ...
Birds migrate earlier, but some may be left behind as the climate warms rapidly
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Many birds are arriving earlier each spring as temperatures warm along the East Coast of the United States. However, the farther those birds journey, the less likely they are to keep pace with the rapidly changing climate.
Global war deaths have been substantially underestimated
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[B]Research paper: 50 years of violent war deaths from Vietnam to Bosnia[/B] Globally, war has killed three times more people than previously estimated, and there is no evidence to support claims of a recent decline in ...
When it comes to female red squirrels, it seems any male will do
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Jun 20, 2008 |
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Researchers have found that female red squirrels showed high levels of multimale mating and would even mate with males that had similar genetic relatedness, basically mating with their relatives.
Math could help cure leukemia
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When kids complain that math homework won't help them in real life, a new answer might be that math could help cure cancer.
Attitude determines student success in rural schools
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[B]Study investigates qualities of high-achieving schools[/B] While most of the country focuses on ACT scores, student-teacher ratio and rigorous curriculum to increase student success, it may be the commitment to excellence tha ...
