Mathematicians unlock major number theory puzzle
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Mathematicians have finally laid to rest the legendary mystery surrounding an elusive group of numerical expressions known as the "mock theta functions." Number theorists have struggled to understand the functions ever since ...
A hidden twist in the black hole information paradox
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Professor Sam Braunstein, of the University of York's Department of Computer Science, and Dr Arun Pati, of the Institute of Physics, Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, India, have established that quantum information cannot be 'hidden' ...
Brain works more chaotically than previously thought
Feb 27, 2007 |
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The brain appears to process information more chaotically than has long been assumed. This is demonstrated by a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Bonn. The passing on of information from ...
Scientists invent real-life 'tricorder' for chemical analysis
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Purdue University researchers have created a handheld sensing system its creators liken to Star Trek's "tricorder" used to analyze the chemical components of alien worlds. But the system could have down-to-earth applications, ...
Researchers confirm association between gene and intelligence
Feb 27, 2007 |
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If you're particularly good with puzzles or chess, the reason may be in your genes. A team of scientists, led by psychiatric geneticists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has gathered the most extensive ...
Developing Artificial Retina: Electric Link Between Neurons, Light-Sensitive Nanoparticle Films Created
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 27, 2007 |
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The world's first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and the University of Michigan. ...
Viking navigation hypothesis under foggy and cloudy skies requires more light
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 27, 2007 |
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While history portrays the Vikings as skillful masters of the sea, sailing treacherous routes in the northern Atlantic Ocean during the 10th-13th centuries, just how much knowledge, technology and ability they ...
Termite digestion findings could lead to new strategies for ethanol production
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As scientists search for alternatives to fossil fuel, producing chemical energy from wood fiber has become something of a Holy Grail — but termites have been working this alchemy for millions of years.
Cancer cells forming blood vessels send their copper to the edge
Feb 27, 2007 |
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New information about a link between the growth of blood vessels critical to the spread of cancer and the copper in our bodies has been discovered by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory ...
Single photon detector wins UC San Diego engineering research competition
Feb 27, 2007 |
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With a flash of light, photons simultaneously fly toward the face of a person waiting to be identified for security purposes. The packets of light bounce off the face and land on a specially engineered photon sensor that ...
Brain maps online
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Digital atlases of the brains of humans, monkeys, dogs, cats, mice, birds and other animals have been created and posted online by researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience.
Unique tomatoes tops in disease-fighting antioxidants
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Deep red tomatoes get their rich color from lycopene, a disease-fighting antioxidant. A new study, however, suggests that a special variety of orange-colored tomatoes provide a different form of lycopene, one that our bodies ...
Nanotech promises big things for poor -- but will promises be kept?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 27, 2007 |
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"Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world," according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre ...
Symantec Announced New Norton 360 - All-In-One Security
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Symantec Corp. today announced the availability of its newest product – Norton 360 - All-In-One Security. Norton 360 comprehensive solution combines Symantec's security and PC tune-up technologies with new ...
Studies Shed New Light on Blue Whales and Their Calls
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Feb 27, 2007 |
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Using a variety of new approaches, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are forging a new understanding of the largest mammals on Earth.
