Taking Computers to the Quantum Level
May 09, 2006 |
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“If Moore’s Law holds for another 10-15 years,” says Dr. Raymond Laflamme, “we’ll have transistors the size of atoms.” Laflamme is a physicist at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is part of ...
Physicists Use Soap Bubbles to Study Black Holes
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People use them to get cars, dishes and clothes clean. Children blow them for fun. And now, a University of Mississippi physicist thinks soap bubbles can help scientists better understand the properties of black holes.
Copying nature could save us energy, study shows
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New technologies that mimic the way insects, plants and animals overcome engineering problems could help reduce our dependence on energy, according to new research published in the Royal Society journal Interface.
Women Use Facial Cues to Determine Relationships
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Women are able to subconsciously pick up cues in men's faces and use those cues to determine if they are attracted to the males for long-term or short-term relationships, according to a new study conducted by researchers ...
The cochlea's spiral shape boosts low frequencies
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The next time someone whispers in your ear, think "cochlea." The cochlea is the marvelous structure in the inner ear that is shaped like a snail shell and transforms sounds into the nerve impulses that your ...
Evolutionary forces explain why women live longer than men
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Despite research efforts to find modern factors that would explain the different life expectancies of men and women, the gap is actually ancient and universal, according to University of Michigan researchers.
Study links guns and hormones in men
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U.S. psychologists say they've found that handling a gun creates a hormonal reaction in men that can prime them for aggression.
Iowa State To Have The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room in the World
May 09, 2006 |
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More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University’s six-sided virtual reality room. That’s twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in ...
Cancer battle examines natural immunity
May 09, 2006 |
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Mice that are naturally immune to cancer produce white blood cells that cured and gave lifelong immunity to other mice, a Wake Forest University study says.
Scientists Have Identified Basic Principles of Communication
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How do we succeed in putting our ideas into words, so that another person can understand them? This complex undertaking involves translating an idea into a one-dimensional sequence, a string of words to be read or spoken ...
Peppermint yes, Mozart no for test-takers
May 09, 2006 |
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U.S. and European researchers have stumbled on a number of things that might help students do well on tests, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Androids might soon become science fact
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New Zealand and European scientists say it's time to send R2-D2 back to science fiction land -- and get ready to greet androids that think and act like humans.
Indoor air purifiers that produce even small amounts of ozone may be risky for health
May 09, 2006 |
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In a small, poorly ventilated room, an indoor air purifier that produces even a few milligrams of ozone per hour can create an ozone level that exceeds public health standards, researchers at UC Irvine have found.
Venus Express has reached final orbit
May 09, 2006 |
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Less than one month after insertion into orbit, and after sixteen loops around the planet Venus, ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has reached its final operational orbit on 7 May 2006.
Stem cells may replace animal testing
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German researchers say stem-cell testing can be used to replace hundreds of thousands of experiments on animals.
