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Climate Wizard makes large databases of climate information visual, accessible
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A Web tool that generates color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world's most prominent climate-change models is being used to consider such things as habitat shifts that will affect ...
Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray
Dec 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players ...
iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan.
Scientists Develop New Method to Quantify Climate Modeling Uncertainty
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate scientists recognize that climate modeling projections include a significant level of uncertainty. A team of researchers using computing facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has identified ...
Gene data tool advances prospects for personalized medicine
Oct 09, 2009 |
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A sophisticated computational algorithm, applied to a large set of gene markers, has achieved greater accuracy than conventional methods in assessing individual risk for type 1 diabetes.
Warming, heat waves projected to grow worse with large regional variability
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While long-term projections call for higher temperatures and heat waves even more intense than previously thought, considerable geographic variability is also in the forecast, according to a study published ...
Netflix awards $1M prize to improve movie picks
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Netflix Inc. declared a seven-member group of researchers, scientists and engineers from around the world as winners Monday of its three-year, $1 million contest to improve its movie recommendation system by at least ...
Taiwan lab develops panda robot
Sep 17, 2009 |
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The world's first panda robot is taking shape at a cutting-edge lab in Taiwan where an ambitious group of scientists hope to add new dimensions to the island's reputation as a high-tech power.
Proposed Quantum Computer Consists of Billions of Electron Spins
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While researchers have already demonstrated the building blocks for few-bit quantum computers, scaling these systems up to large quantum computers remains a challenge. One of the biggest problems ...
Imaging the inner workings of single molecules
Aug 17, 2009 |
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With $20 million over five years from the National Science Foundation, UC Irvine scientists hope to become the first ever to make real-time videos of single molecules in action - a feat that has proved elusive ...
Netflix to run second film-suggestion tech contest
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize."
Researchers Record First Real-Time Direct Observations of Nanocrystal Growth in Solution (w/ Video)
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The veil is being lifted from the once unseen world of molecular activity. Not so long ago only the final products were visible and scientists were forced to gauge the processes behind those ...
Trash or treasure? Families and their beloved possessions
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Whether it's grandpa's piano or a Nintendo Wii, certain objects become a part of family routines and histories. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research helps explain why some possessions wind up in permanent storag ...
Quantum memory and turbulence in ultra-cold atoms
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists at MIT have figured out a key step toward the design of quantum information networks. The results are reported in the July 20th issue of Physical Review Letters and highlighted in APS's on-line journa ...
Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling detected in nanowires
May 27, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has demonstrated that, counter to classical Newtonian mechanics, an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is ...
