Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Teleportation and Memory in Tandem
Jan 30, 2008 |
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In research that may be a key step toward real-life quantum communication—the transmission of information using atoms, photons, or other quantum objects—researchers created an experiment in which a quantum bit of information ...
Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour ...
New Light on Dark Energy
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to measure the distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant Universe. This opens fascinating perspectives to better understand what drives ...
Particle accelerator may reveal shape of alternate dimensions
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When the world's most powerful particle accelerator starts up later this year, exotic new particles may offer a glimpse of the existence and shapes of extra dimensions.
DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2008 |
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DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, ...
New process makes nanofibers in complex shapes and unlimited lengths
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2008 |
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The continuous fabrication of complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures and the ability to grow individual nanowires of unlimited length are now possible with a process developed by researchers at the University of ...
Hot liquids release potentially harmful chemicals in polycarbonate plastic bottles
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When it comes to Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure from polycarbonate plastic bottles, it’s not whether the container is new or old but the liquid’s temperature that has the most impact on how much BPA is released, ...
Squeezed crystals deliver more volts per jolt
Jan 30, 2008 |
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A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting ...
Engineers demonstrate nanotube wires operating at speed of commercial chips
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Integrated circuits, such as the silicon chips inside all modern electronics, are only as good as their wiring, but copper conduits are approaching physical performance limitations as they get thinner.
What goes down the drain, from ibuprofen to soaps, gets turned out to pasture via toxic sludge, researchers warn
Jan 30, 2008 |
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What goes down the drain -- detergents, personal-care products and discarded and excreted medications -- may be out of sight and out of mind, but they are not, unfortunately, out of this world.
Anna's hummingbird chirps with its tail during display dives
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The beeps, chirps and whistles made by some hummingbirds and thought to be vocal are actually created by the birds' tail feathers, according to a study by two students at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mercury's magnetosphere fends off the solar wind
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2008 |
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The planet Mercury's magnetic field appears to be strong enough to fend off the harsh solar wind from most of its surface, according to data gathered in part by a University of Michigan instrument onboard ...
Researchers can now determine when a human was born by looking into the eyes of the dead
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Using the radiocarbon dating method and special proteins in the lens of the eye, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus can now establish, with relatively high precision, when a person was born. This provides ...
Increased hurricane activity linked to sea surface warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2008 |
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The link between changes in the temperature of the sea’s surface and increases in North Atlantic hurricane activity has been quantified for the first time. The research - carried out by scientists at UCL (University ...
DNA technique yields 3-D crystalline organization of nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 30, 2008 |
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In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ...
