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Man-Made Activities Affect Blue Haze (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Blue haze," a common occurrence that appears over heavily forested areas around the world, is formed by natural emissions of chemicals, but human activities can worsen it to the point of affecting the world's ...
Professor: 'Depression is like the worst disease you can get' (Video)
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Depression must be understood on both a biological and psychological level, says Robert Sapolsky.
Can Athletic Uniform Color Determine Winners and Losers?
Feb 25, 2008 |
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It’s not uncommon for some athletes to have good luck charms, including the superstition that wearing certain colors may give them an edge on the competition. While some studies have found that, indeed, certain ...
Greenlighting a greener world (w/ Video)
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Just a few years ago, most conversations Christian Wetzel had about his research began with a quick explanation of LEDs.
Phoenix Sees the Colors of Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2008 |
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The northern polar plains of Mars can be seen in approximate true color in this image taken by NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander.
Studies Shed New Light on Blue Whales and Their Calls
Biology /
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Using a variety of new approaches, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are forging a new understanding of the largest mammals on Earth.
Watching Galaxies Grow Old Gracefully
Nov 15, 2007 |
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In the early 1900s, Edwin Hubble made the startling discovery that our Milky Way galaxy is not alone. It is just one of many galaxies, or "island universes," as Hubble dubbed them, swimming in the sea of space.
Game utilizes human intuition to help computers solve complex problems
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks.
3D TV -- Without the Glasses (w/ Video)
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even with "active shutter" 3D technology for television sets, the wearing of special glasses is still required in order to get the proper experience. They aren't those red and blue or red and ...
Professor working on practical cloaking device (w/ Video)
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist at the University of St Andrews hopes to make major advances in the 'tantalising' field of invisibility in the next two years. Professor Ulf Leonhardt, who cites the Invisible Woman and Harry ...
The Vanishing Rings of Saturn
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Saturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope. Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing.
White glow: Dye-doped DNA nanofibers emit white light
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Efficient energy transport plays an important role in the development of optoelectonic materials. The true masters of energy transfer via a hierarchical arrangement of different molecules are the photosynthetic ...
Research Shatters Voting Pattern Stereotypes
Apr 17, 2006 |
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New research by Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science, reveals that voting preference or political party affiliation of U.S. states are not simply tied to income levels.
Free radio stations and podcasts sans computer
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Television and radio broadcasts used to be free. Stick an antenna in the air and that's still true even though much of it has now gone digital. As technology advanced, we got better delivery methods of those free signals ...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission marks its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way through its sensitive ultraviolet telescope, the only such far-ultraviolet detector ...
