Quantum existence testing gives extreme solutions to increase network speed
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Using a novel quantum computing algorithm, scientists have simplified the process for finding extreme values in a database compared with classical and earlier quantum computing methods. With its reduced time and minimal error ...
Genetic studies endow mice with new color vision
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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Although mice, like most mammals, typically view the world with a limited color palette – similar to what some people with red-green color blindness see – scientists have now transformed their vision by introducing ...
Goal of nanoscale optical imaging gets boost with new hyperlens
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a "hyperlens" that brings them one major step closer to the goal of nanoscale optical imaging. The new hyperlens, described in the Feb. 23 ...
Researchers unveil details of chip cooling breakthrough
Mar 22, 2007 |
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At the IEEE Semi-Therm Conference 2007, IBM researchers unveiled details of a new technique to significantly increase capabilities to cool computer chips.
Scientists question our understanding of the universe
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Cosmologists from around the world will meet at Imperial College London next week to challenge the theories behind the 'standard model' used to understand the universe. Speakers at the four-day conference, ...
The Next Great Earthquake
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2007 |
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The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and resulting tsunami are now infamous for the damage they caused, but at the time many scientists believed this area was unlikely to create a quake of such magnitude. In ...
Bird sex is something else
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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We’ve all heard about the birds and the bees. But apparently when it comes to birds, they have an unusual take on his and hers – and the difference is genetic. Species with differentiated sex chromosomes (X and Y in humans, ...
Scientists compute death throes of white dwarf star in 3D
Mar 22, 2007 |
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University of Chicago scientists will demonstrate how to incinerate a white dwarf star in unprecedented detail at the “Paths to Exploding Stars” conference on Thursday, March 22, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Chemical composition of stars in clusters can tell history of our galaxy
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has shown how to use the chemical composition of stars in clusters to shed light on the formation of our Milky Way. This discovery is a fundamental test ...
Fossil discovery marks earliest record of limbloss in ancient lizard
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2007 |
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A University of Alberta paleontologist has helped discover the existence of a 95 million-year-old snakelike marine animal, a finding that provides not only the earliest example of limbloss in lizards but the ...
Practicing Tai Chi Boosts Immune System in Older Adults
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, ...
Enceladus geysers mask the length of Saturn's day
Mar 22, 2007 |
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In a David and Goliath story of Saturnian proportions, the little moon Enceladus is weighing down giant Saturn’s magnetic field so much that the field is rotating slower than the planet. This phenomenon makes ...
Stage theatre evolves with the use of new technology
Mar 22, 2007 |
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UCF's Conservatory Theatre and its partners are pushing the envelope of traditional theater by not only bringing it into the 21st Century, but launching it into the 22nd.
Test finds manufactured nanoparticles don't harm soil ecology
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 22, 2007 |
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The first published study on the environmental impact of manufactured nanoparticles on ordinary soil showed no negative effects, which is contrary to concerns voiced by some that the microscopic particles could ...
Biologists learn structure of enzyme needed to power 'molecular motor'
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue University and The Catholic University of America have discovered the structure of an enzyme essential for the operation of "molecular motors" that package DNA into the head segment of ...
