Physicists Predict Stock Market Crashes
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On Monday, October 19, 1987 – infamously known as “black Monday” – the Dow fell 508 points, or 22.9%, marking the largest crash in history. Using an analytical approach similar to the one applied to explore ...
New evidence that natural selection is a general driving force behind the origin of species
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Charles Darwin would undoubtedly be both pleased and chagrined. The famous scientist would be pleased because a study published online this week provides the first clear evidence that natural selection, his ...
Chromium health risk study not disclosed
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Researchers at George Washington University say scientists working for the chromium industry withheld information on the metal's possible health risks.
Organic Hydrogen Storage
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Fossil fuels are limited and polluting, hence the search for alternatives. One suitable and environmentally sound fuel would be hydrogen; unfortunately there are currently few technical possibilities for the construction ...
Cancer vaccine may be possibility
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Researchers at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are working on a vaccine to prevent cancer.
New perspective on leaky membrane extends fuel cell run time
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Direct methanol fuel cells -- which could potentially power portable wireless electronic devices from computers to cell phones to iPods -- could soon benefit from a new approach to membrane leakage and a new membrane-electrode ...
Earprints as evidence?
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Burglars often listen at windows and doors, leaving an earprint behind, which, just like a finger print, can be used to trace them. Lynn Meijerman is researching the value of ear prints as evidence in identifying ...
NASA physicist looks at Olympic ice in a frozen light
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If you're watching the Winter Olympics, you know that snow and ice are an integral part of the sports. But did you know that snow and ice need to be different for each sport? NASA scientist Peter Wasilewski's ...
Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some Southern English speakers
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When Rice University alumna Brianna Conrey was in third grade in Stillwater, Okla., she misspelled "pen" on a test because her teacher unknowingly pronounced it "pin." At the time, Conrey never would have guessed that she ...
iRobot's PackBot on the front lines
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Almost three years into the Iraq conflict and four into the Afghanistan war, the phrase "improvised explosive devices" has become one that is met with hesitation. This is a new style of combat that's still ...
'Virus chip' detects new virus in prostate tumors
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UC San Francisco and Cleveland Clinic scientists have discovered a new virus in human prostate tumors. The type of virus, closely related to viruses typically found in mice, has never been detected in humans. The virus's ...
A blast to chase
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Possibly similar to what our own Milky Way looks like, Messier 100 is a grand design spiral galaxy that presents an intricate structure, with a bright core and two prominent arms, showing numerous young and ...
Fingerprint Advances Will Fight Cybercrime
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Forgot your password? No problem. Biometrics researchers at the University at Buffalo have made important advances that bring closer the day when we can access devices and Web sites with nothing more than the ...
ESA confirms CryoSat recovery mission
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At the latest meeting of the European Space Agency's Earth Observation Programme Board, which took place at ESA’s Headquarters in Paris on 23 and 24 February, ESA received the green light from its Member States ...
Growth front of gallium-arsenide crystals determined by synchrotron X-rays
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Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) scientists have developed a novel technique to determine atomic arrangements and atomic species on semiconductor surfaces during growth using x-rays from SPring-8, a synchrotron ...
