Researchers Prove Existence of New Basic Element for Electronic Circuits -- 'Memristor'
Apr 30, 2008 |
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HP today announced that researchers from HP Labs have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering.
Graphene-based gadgets may be just years away
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene – an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this ...
Black hole expelled from its parent galaxy
Apr 30, 2008 |
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By an enormous burst of gravitational waves that accompanies the merger of two black holes the newly formed black hole was ejected from its galaxy. This extreme ejection event, which had been predicted by ...
Physicists Build a Quantum Gambling Machine
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Quantum gambling machines may not be popping up at futuristic casinos any time soon, but the devices could have other uses – such as enabling physicists to study game theory in situations where cheating is ...
Birds can tell if you are watching them -- because they are watching you
Biology /
Apr 30, 2008 |
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In humans, the eyes are said to be the ‘window to the soul’, conveying much about a person’s emotions and intentions. New research demonstrates for the first time that birds also respond to a human’s gaze.
Researchers create heart and blood cells from reprogrammed skin cells
Biology /
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells. The finding is the first to ...
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Satellite Pins Down Timer in Stellar Ticking Time Bomb
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Using observations from NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), an international team of astronomers has discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a superdense star will unleash ...
Scientists discover new ocean current
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are ...
Researchers explain how birds navigate
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It has long been known that birds and many other animals including turtles, salamanders and lobsters, use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, but the nature of their global positioning systems (GPS) has ...
Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain
Apr 30, 2008 |
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The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible ...
Climate modelers see modern echo in '30s Dust Bowl
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall, turning an ...
The most natural drug
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In the fight against infection, the human immune system isn’t ready for a war. Vaccines push the immune system to create defenses against illness, but they take time to work. A new process developed by scientists at the Oklahoma ...
You are what you eat? Maybe not for ancient man
Biology /
Apr 30, 2008 |
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New findings suggest that the ancient human “cousin” known as the “Nutcracker Man” wasn’t regularly eating anything like nuts after all.
US Patent Office rejects company's claim for bean commonly grown by Latin American farmers
Apr 30, 2008 |
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today rejected all of the patent claims for a common yellow bean that has been a familiar staple in Latin American diets for more than a century.
Rocks under the northern ocean are found to resemble ones far south
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Scientists probing volcanic rocks from deep under the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean have discovered a special geochemical signature until now found only in the southern hemisphere. The rocks were dredged ...
