'Rosetta Stone' of supervolcanoes discovered in Italian Alps
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Scientists have found the "Rosetta Stone" of supervolcanoes, those giant pockmarks in the Earth's surface produced by rare and massive explosive eruptions that rank among nature's most violent events. The eruptions produce ...
The Handwriting of Liars
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget about unreliable polygraph lie detectors for identifying liars. A new study claims the best way to find out if someone is a liar is to look at their handwriting, rather than analyzing ...
You can't trust a tortured brain: Neuroscience discredits coercive interrogation
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2009 |
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According to a new review of neuroscientific research, coercive interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration to extract information from terrorist suspects are likely to have been unsuccessful and may have ...
Zooming to the centre of the Milky Way -- GigaGalaxy Zoom phase 2
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of three images of ESO's GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy as seen ...
Springs built from nanotubes could provide big power storage potential
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by MIT scientists suggests that carbon nanotubes -- tube-shaped molecules of pure carbon -- could be formed into tiny springs capable of storing as much energy, pound for pound, ...
In brief: A tiny, tunable well of light, and a string theorist's toolbox
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Promising photonic devices, and theorists attempt to determine whether particle physics and string theory can be reconciled.
Experimental Approach May Reverse Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have identified a mechanism that may keep a well known signaling molecule from eroding bone and inflaming joints, according to an early study published online today in the Journal of Clinical In ...
Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words, particularly when the picture is used to illustrate science. Technology is giving us better pictures every day, and one of them is helping ...
Simultaneous Nanoscale Imaging of Surface and Bulk Atoms
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brookhaven Lab scientists have developed a new scanning electron microscope capable of selectively imaging single atoms on a surface while simultaneously probing atoms throughout the sample?s ...
Cassini Reveals New Ring Quirks, Shadows During Saturn Equinox
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were almost ...
Scientists use low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth
Sep 21, 2009 |
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A research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Equipment recently ...
EU publishes e-mails to back case against Intel (Update)
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Saying sorry really does cost nothing
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Economists have finally proved what most of us have suspected for a long time - when it comes to apologising, talk is cheap. According to new research, firms that simply say sorry to disgruntled customers ...
Study Positively Identifies Giant Squid Presence in Gulf of Mexico
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During a recent research cruise, a rare giant squid was captured in the Gulf of Mexico.
'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.
