Ultra-Fast Quantum-Dot Information Storage
Mar 21, 2008 |
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The information-storage market is dominated by two main types: Flash memory, used in memory sticks and cell phones, and dynamic random access memory (DRAM), which is the main memory in a personal computer. Both types have ...
Study confirms 1966 prediction: The most energetic particles in the universe are not from the neighborhood
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Final results from the University of Utah’s High-Resolution Fly’s Eye cosmic ray observatory show that the most energetic particles in the universe rarely reach Earth at full strength because they come from great distances, ...
New breed of cognitive robot... a puppy?
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Designers of artificial cognitive systems have tended to adopt one of two approaches to building robots that can think for themselves: classical rule-based artificial intelligence or artificial neural networks. ...
First study hints at insights to come from genes unique to humans
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Mar 21, 2008 |
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Among the approximately 23,000 genes found in human DNA, scientists currently estimate that there may be as few as 50 to 100 that have no counterparts in other species. Expand that comparison to include the primate family ...
In poker, psychologist places bets on skill
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Is it luck of the draw in poker? No, says Michael DeDonno, a doctoral student from Case Western Reserve University. Based on findings from two psychology studies, he suggests putting your bets on skills over luck when playing ...
Scientists look to cut cow flatulence
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Scientists in Scotland said they've found a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions by curbing cow and sheep flatulence.
Computers show how bats classify plants according to their echoes
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Mar 21, 2008 |
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Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can imitate the bat’s ability to classify plants using echolocation. The study, published March 21st in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, represents a coll ...
Infection with a mutated HIV strain results in better survival
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Persons infected with a mutated HIV strain, transmitted from those who have the genetic advantages to control the virus, results in improved survival according to a recent study by South African researchers. The study, published ...
Countering an approaching water crisis
Mar 21, 2008 |
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As growing demand for clean water stretches even the resources of the world's largest industrialized nations, scientists and engineers are turning to new technology and novel ideas to find solutions.
New Method Offers Insight into Radiation Damage to DNA
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Mar 21, 2008 |
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A new technique for assessing the damage radiation causes to DNA indicates that the spatial arrangement of damaged sites, or lesions, is more important than the number of lesions in determining the severity ...
A genetic study of Latin Americans sheds light on a troubled history
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Mar 21, 2008 |
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A recent molecular analysis of ancestry across Latin America has revealed a marked differentiation between regions and demonstrated a “genetic continuity” between pre-and post Columbian populations. This study, published ...
Visual technology enables brain to learn in new ways
Mar 21, 2008 |
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New technology at Tufts University's Center for Scientific Visualization is enabling researchers to translate the most abstract, complex scientific concepts into clearer, more precise 3-dimensional images than conventional ...
Are dual cord blood banks the answer to increasing stem cell demand?
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Demand for stem cells from cord blood is greater than supply. In this week’s BMJ, two senior doctors, Professors Nicholas Fisk and Rifat Atun, analyse the UK’s growing cord blood banking industry and the potential impact ...
China builds observatory at South Pole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2008 |
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An international team led by China has installed an automated space observatory at Dome Argus, the highest point on the South Pole.
Adolescents with chronic insomnia report 'twofold to fivefold' increase in personal problems
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Documenting a “twofold to fivefold” increase in personal problems among adolescents with persistent sleeplessness, public health researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston say they have completed ...
