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Podcast: Reproducing a Black Hole in the Laboratory, and other Quantum Theories
Aug 27, 2009 |
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In a recent study, Professor of Physics and Astronomy Miles Blencowe and his colleagues proposed a new way of creating a reproduction black hole in the laboratory.
Researchers find the root of the evolutionary emergence of vertebrates
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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Dartmouth College researchers and colleagues from the University of Bristol in the U.K. have traced the beginnings of complex life, i.e. vertebrates, to microRNA. The researchers argue that the evolution of microRNAs, which ...
Dartmouth researchers find new protein function
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...
Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is tit ...
Professor says current meteor shower proves theory of calendar's origin
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stargazers are in for a unique treat tonight: the planet Earth will pass through the debris train of the Swift-Tuttle comet this evening which astronomers call the Perseid meteor shower. ...
Do drug therapies raise risk of bladder cancer?
Oct 26, 2009 |
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In her most recent study of possible triggers of cancer among northern New England residents, Dartmouth epidemiologist Margaret R. Karagas, Ph.D., and her team identified an enhanced risk to the bladders of patients taking ...
Engineers develop new power line de-icing system
Jan 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth engineering professor and entrepreneur Victor Petrenko—along with his colleagues at Dartmouth and at Ice Engineering LLC in Lebanon, N.H.—have invented a way to cheaply and effectively ...
Adding tools against breast tumors
Oct 27, 2009 |
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At the end of a 10-year, coast-to-coast study of women with an unusual form of breast cancer, Richard J. Barth Jr., M.D., and three fellow researchers are making the case for a particular combination of treatments to stop ...
Researchers establishing security standards for the internet
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth researchers who were pioneers in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - a system that secures and authenticates computer communications - are now playing leading roles establishing Internet ...
Researchers identify potential cancer target
Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth Medical School researchers have found two proteins that work in concert to ensure proper chromosome segregation during cell division. Their study is in the January 2009 issue of ...
Scientists Write Guide to Build Supercomputer from Sony Playstation 3
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UMass Dartmouth Physics Professor Gaurav Khanna and UMass Dartmouth Principal Investigator Chris Poulin have created a step-by-step guide to building a home-brewed supercomputer that can reduce the cost of ...
Researchers discover chromium's hidden magnetic talents
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Two Dartmouth researchers have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways. This finding can be used in the emerging field of “spintronics,” which might someday contribute ...
Passive learning imprints on the brain just like active learning
Jul 14, 2008 |
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It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers.
Brain changes significantly after age 18, study says
Feb 06, 2006 |
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Two Dartmouth researchers are one step closer to defining exactly when human maturity sets in. In a study aimed at identifying how and when a person's brain reaches adulthood, the scientists have learned that, ...
'Self-correcting' gates advance quantum computing
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth researchers have found a way to develop more robust “quantum gates,” which are the elementary building blocks of quantum circuits. Quantum circuits, someday, will be used to ...
