'Digital dark age' may doom some data
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What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer's hard drive?
King Solomon's (copper) mines? Deep dig finds confluence of science and the Bible
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the Bible's King David and his son Solomon control the copper industry in present-day southern Jordan? Though that remains an open question, the possibility is raised once again by research ...
New Process Promises Bigger, Better Diamond Crystals
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Carnegie Institution have developed a new technique for improving the properties of diamonds—not only adding sparkle to gemstones, but also simplifying the process of making ...
Solar System's Young Twin Has Two Asteroid Belts
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have discovered that the nearby star Epsilon Eridani has two rocky asteroid belts and an outer icy ring, making it a triple-ring system. The inner asteroid belt is a virtual twin ...
Catching quakes with laptops
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Inside your laptop is a small accelerometer chip, there to protect the delicate moving parts of your hard disk from sudden jolts. It turns out that the same chip is a pretty good earthquake sensor, too -- ...
Good code, bad computations: A computer security gray area
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to make sure your computer or server is not tricked into undertaking malicious or undesirable behavior, it's not enough to keep bad code out of the system.
In game of tennis, seeing isn't always believing
Biology /
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A universal bias in the way people perceive moving objects means that tennis referees are more likely to make mistakes when they call balls "out" than when they call them "in," according to a new report in the October 28th ...
Flexible OLED display one-step closer with organic light emitting material direct writing
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting methods of pattern transfer available for a number of applications right now is Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT). However, when working with organic material, there are some ...
Astronauts To Vote From Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In this day and age, people engage in their right to vote from all over the world. But this Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.
Stress may make you itch
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Current research suggests that stress may activate immune cells in your skin, resulting in inflammatory skin disease. The related report by Joachim et al., "Stress-induced Neurogenic Inflammation in Murine Skin Skews Dendritic ...
Earthworm activity can alter forests' carbon-carrying capabilities
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests, according to Purdue University researchers.
Fire out of Africa: A key to the migration of prehistoric man
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology ...
Sea urchin yields a key secret of biomineralization
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The teeth and bones of mammals, the protective shells of mollusks, and the needle-sharp spines of sea urchins and other marine creatures are made-from-scratch wonders of nature.
Dell Introduces New Ultra-Mini 12-Inch Netbook/Notebook
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The race for lean and mean has a new entry. Dell introduced the Inspiron Mini 12 in Japan with some fanfare and a whole lot of interesting features. Dell's Senior Product Manager John New ...
Rising CO2 'will hit reefs harder'
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising CO2 levels in the world's oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
