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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoscale machines expected to have wide application in industry, energy, medicine and other fields may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to important theoretical discoveries concerning the manipulation of famous Casimir forces that took place at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news179421062.html Nanotechnology Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:11:42 EST news179421062 (AP) -- Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. http://www.physorg.com/news178721126.html Space & Earth Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:46:26 EST news178721126 Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion. http://www.physorg.com/news178381626.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:50 EST news178381626 Consumers will work harder on a task if they're expecting to have to do something difficult at a later time, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news177703849.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:10:01 EST news177703849 (PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings much like molecular chicken wire. http://www.physorg.com/news177689867.html Nanotechnology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:22:12 EST news177689867 (PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals. http://www.physorg.com/news177618314.html Nanotechnology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:26:05 EST news177618314 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum informationprocessor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- the rules governing the submicroscopic world -- using two quantum bits (qubits) of information. The processor could be a module in a future quantum computer, which theoretically could solve some important problems that are intractable today. http://www.physorg.com/news177515046.html Physics Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:45:25 EST news177515046 (PhysOrg.com) -- Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? The authors of a paper published in Current Biology this month argue that due to 'a hangover from our evolutionary past' factors like age, sex, height and weight play a major part in the determining our choice of leaders. http://www.physorg.com/news175360092.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:08:50 EST news175360092 (PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys sense it too. http://www.physorg.com/news174662015.html Biology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:14:34 EST news174662015 (PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists super-cooled a liquid into glass in order to observe the slowing of particles. It's a material that still perplexes researchers despite thousands of years of household and industrial use. http://www.physorg.com/news172568390.html Physics Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:40:27 EST news172568390 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Dentcho Genov, an assistant professor of physics and electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University and a Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) Institute fellow, is featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Nature Physics. http://www.physorg.com/news171805185.html Physics Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:40:27 EST news171805185 Reptiles are not known to be the most social of creatures. But when it comes to laying eggs, female reptiles can be remarkably communal, often laying their eggs in the nests of other females. New research in the September issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology suggests that this curiously out-of-character behavior is far more common in reptiles than was previously thought. http://www.physorg.com/news171193389.html Biology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:10:01 EST news171193389 (PhysOrg.com) -- Marketers dream of finding ways to get something to "go viral" on the Internet. Indeed, viral marketing, whether it be through email, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter, has become the Holy Grail of online marketing campaigns. With viral marketing, it is possible for the message to reach millions in a matter of hours. Marketers and scientists alike have been studying this phenomenon in the hopes that it will yield information about human dynamics. http://www.physorg.com/news168775247.html Physics Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:01:40 EST news168775247 (PhysOrg.com) -- Western Washington is braced for unusually hot weather this week, but University of Washington scientists say this could be one for the record books, with Seattle experiencing historic triple-digit readings. http://www.physorg.com/news168018836.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:10:02 EST news168018836 A study by the University of Barcelona (Spain) has analysed which facial features our brain examines to identify faces. Our brain adapts in order to obtain the maximum amount of information possible from each face and according to the study the key data for identification come from, in the first place, the eyes and then the shape of the mouth and nose. http://www.physorg.com/news167304786.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:33:27 EST news167304786 avid Gonzalez and Jose Luis Grana have carried out a comprehensive study into the phenomenon of workplace abuse or bullying in Spain. The study includes data on 2,861 workers from various sectors, and confirms some commonly-held beliefs about workplace abuse while undermining others. http://www.physorg.com/news163332445.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:08:04 EST news163332445 Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study from the University of Kansas and Gallup indicates that humans are by nature optimistic. http://www.physorg.com/news162395082.html Medicine & Health Sun, 24 May 2009 14:45:03 EST news162395082 (AP) -- A new Internet phenomenon has drawn the interest of millions - including Stephen Colbert. http://www.physorg.com/news162199255.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 08:38:10 EST news162199255 With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise. http://www.physorg.com/news159867245.html Technology Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:34:27 EST news159867245 Jokes are not merely a source of popular enjoyment and creativity; they also provide insights into how societies work and what people think. Humor is so powerful it can help shape geopolitical views worldwide, according to Professor Darren Purcell and his team from the University of Oklahoma in the US. Their study of humor including the analysis of two "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" skits, has recently been published online in Springer's GeoJournal. http://www.physorg.com/news155994250.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:44:51 EST news155994250 (PhysOrg.com) -- The old real estate maxim "location, location, location" also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people. http://www.physorg.com/news151853797.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:37:11 EST news151853797 When last month's full Moon rose over Florida, onlooker Raquel Stanton of Cocoa Beach realized that something was up. http://www.physorg.com/news150647521.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:32:01 EST news150647521