IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain’s abilities for sensation, ...
Two from one: new research maps out evolution of genders from hermaphroditic ancestors
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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Research from the University of Pittsburgh published in the Nov. 20 edition of Heredity could finally provide evidence of the first stages of the evolution of separate sexes, a theory that holds that males and females develo ...
Research sheds light on benefits of multiple mates
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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New research could explain why females of many species have multiple partners. Published on Friday 21 November 2008 in leading journal Science, the study was carried out by a team from the Universities of Exeter (UK), Okayam ...
Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.
Lactic acid found to fuel tumors
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A team of researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) has found that lactic acid is an important energy source for tumor cells. In further experiments, they discovered a new ...
Supercontinuum generation and soliton dynamics milestone achieved
Nov 20, 2008 |
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A research team led by Fetah Benabid, University of Bath, has observed for the first time the simultaneous emission of two resonant dispersive waves by optical solitons (waves that maintain their shape while traveling at ...
Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate.
U.S. recession: Things will get worse before they get better
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Economists at the University of Michigan confirmed today what many Americans already believe—that the nation is in the throes of recession.
Quantum computers could excel in modeling chemical reactions
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and ...
Submillimeter Eagle Eyes on Mauna Kea
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Three observatories on Mauna Kea have come together to form the world's most powerful facility for detailed submillimeter imaging. An exploratory project, the Extended Submillimeter Array ...
Probing question: What is a molecular clock?
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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It doesn't tick, it doesn't have hands, and it doesn't tell you what time of day it is. But a molecular clock does tell time -- on an epoch scale. The molecular clock, explained S. Blair Hedges, is a tool ...
Preventing tumor cells from refueling: A new anti-cancer approach?
Nov 20, 2008 |
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New data, generated in mice, by Pierre Sonveaux and colleagues, at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have identified a potential new target for anticancer therapeutics.
Deep blue research digs up evolutionary past
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland deep sea research has dug up an insight into the evolutionary past of some of the earliest animals.
Employee engagement dependent upon conditions created by employer
Nov 20, 2008 |
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In a new article in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, William H. Macey and Benjamin Schneider examine the meaning of employee engagement, which they view as leading to unusually effective employee behavior with s ...
Vitamin B1 biosynthesis: Think Rubik's cube
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A key enzyme in the biosynthesis of vitamin B1 has somehow evolved the ability to perform a complex series of some 15 to 20 steps, report two Cornell chemists.
