Northeastern University researchers solve Rubik's Cube in 26 moves
May 31, 2007 |
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It’s a toy that most kids have played with at one time or another, but the findings of Northeastern University Computer Science professor Gene Cooperman and graduate student Dan Kunkle are not child’s play. ...
Research finds that Earth's climate is approaching 'dangerous' point
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2007 |
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NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earth’s climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet.
Men worry more about penile size than women says six-decade research review
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2007 |
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Women are much more interested in a man’s personality and looks than the size of his penis, but men can experience real anxiety even if they are average sized, according to a research review published in the June issue of ...
Single spinning nuclei in diamond offer a stable quantum computing building block
May 31, 2007 |
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[B]At room temperature, carbon-13 nuclei in diamond create stable, controllable quantum register[/B] Surmounting several distinct hurdles to quantum computing, physicists at Harvard University have found that individual car ...
NASA-funded robotic sub finds bottom of world's deepest sinkhole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2007 |
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[B]Carnegie Mellon researchers use sonar to map, demystify El Zacatón[/B] A robotic vehicle designed for underwater exploration plunged repeatedly into the depths of Mexico’s mysterious El Zacatón sinkhole in late May, fin ...
Attempting to unlock the secrets of superfluidity
May 31, 2007 |
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Ever since superfluidity was discovered in liquid helium, scientists have been searching for its causes, and exploring the different phases of matter in which superflow might exist (gases, liquids and solids).
Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines
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A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged ...
XO-3b: Supersized planet or oasis in the 'brown dwarf desert'?
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Amateur, professional astronomers find one of the oddest planets on record The latest find from an international planet-hunting team of amateur and professional astronomers is one of the oddest extrasolar planets ever catal ...
Gazing up at the man in the star?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2007 |
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[B]Researchers take picture of the face of Altair, a first for a star like our own[/B] Using a suite of four telescopes, astronomers have captured an image of Altair, one of the closest stars to our own and ...
No escape from the bullies
May 31, 2007 |
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It happens in school, at work, physically, verbally, even by email and text — now researchers at The University of Nottingham say there’s no escape in the virtual world.
Engineers work on car engine redesign
May 31, 2007 |
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U.S. engineers have created the first computational model to track engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next for a new type of engine.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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Two of the World's Largest Interferometric Facilities Team-up to Study a Red Giant Star Using ESO's VLTI on Cerro Paranal and the VLBA facility operated by NRAO, an international team of astronomers has made what is arguab ...
People Think They Reap What They Sow
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2007 |
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People gauge how responsive their partners are primarily by how they themselves respond to their partners—not the other way around, according to a series of Yale studies in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ...
University of Michigan astronomers capture the first image of surface features on a sun-like star
May 31, 2007 |
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University of Michigan astronomers combined light from four widely separated telescopes to produce the first picture showing surface details on a sun-like star beyond our solar system.
Report Offers Guidance on How to Safely Explore Vast Aquatic Systems Buried Under Antarctic Ice
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2007 |
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) should work within the environmental framework of the international Antarctic Treaty system to develop a global scientific consensus on minimally disruptive ways to investigate ...
