Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 22, 2008 |
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A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist.
US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication
Sep 22, 2008 |
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In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated ...
Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have fabricated a 'nanopencil' with a tip so small that it can be used as a scanning probe in ultrahigh-density computer data storage systems.
Unlocking the secret of the Kondo Effect
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists including researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology at UCL (University College London) and the IBM Almaden Research Center has forged a breakthrough in understanding an intriguing ...
Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature ...
Mars polar cap mystery solved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars’s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft - the martian weather system is to blame. And ...
High-temperature superconductor 'pseudogap' imaged
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have produced the first atomic-scale description of what electrons are doing in the mysterious "pseudogap" in high-temperature superconductors.
New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Researchers in Canada and Turkey report discovery of a new process for economically tapping vast resources of crude oil in the United States, Canada, and other countries now locked away in rocky deposits called ...
GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous ...
Indian Spice Reduces Size of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Sep 22, 2008 |
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You might want to make curcumin part of your daily diet. This active ingredient of the Indian curry spice, turmeric, not only lowers your chances of getting cancer and Alzheimer's disease, but may reduce the ...
Preventing forest fires with tree power: Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility ...
Primordial fish had rudimentary fingers
Biology /
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Tetrapods, the first four-legged land animals, are regarded as the first organisms that had fingers and toes. Now researchers at Uppsala University can show that this is wrong. Using medical x-rays, they found rudiments ...
Modest CO2 cutbacks may be too little, too late for coral reefs
Sep 22, 2008 |
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How much carbon dioxide is too much? According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to "prevent dangerous anthropogenic ...
Invention could help reduce highway repairs
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio University has licensed a new device that tests the durability of highway asphalt to an Athens, Ohio-based company founded by the engineering professor who invented the technology.
Phoenix Lander Might Peek Under a Rock
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can nudge a rock aside today, scientists on the Phoenix team would like to see what's underneath.
