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Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level

Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level

Physics / General Physics

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some atoms don't always follow the rules. Take the beryllium dimer, a seemingly simple molecule made up of two atoms that University of Delaware physicists Krzysztof Szalewicz and Konrad Patkowski ...


NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the satellite, says principal investigator and UCLA professor Edward Wright, will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the history of our solar system, the Milky Way ...


Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric

Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (35) | comments 78

Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people's beliefs, according to new study published in the ...


NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim a Mile High

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 15 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- 37 teams nationwide -- to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.


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Pork meat grown in the laboratory

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a petri dish.


A mathematical model of a simple circuit in a chicken brain raises fundamental questions about our understanding of neural circu

Mathematical model of a simple circuit in a chicken brain raises fundamental questions

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Web site Neuroanthropology asks visitors to complete this quote, "One of the difficulties in understanding the brain is ...". In addition to the typical facetious remarks, such as "so ...


LHC sets new world record

Large Hadron Collider sets new power world record

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- CERN's Large Hadron Collider has today become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (46) | comments 14

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Physicist Jack Harris Is Honored by DARPA as One of Nation's 'Rising Stars'

Physics / General Physics

created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jack Harris, an associate professor of physics, has received one of this year's Young Faculty Awards (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He is one of 33 "rising stars" across ...


A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind

A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- An extraordinarily bright, extraordinarily long-lasting supernova named SN 2007bi, snagged in a search by a robotic telescope, turns out to be the first example of the kind of stars that first ...


Physics Model Determines Dynamics of Friends and Enemies

Physics Model Determines Dynamics of Friends and Enemies

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes friends can become enemies and enemies become friends, and it’s difficult to understand exactly how or why the changes took place. A new study shows that when the shifting of alliances ...


Turbulence around heat transport

Turbulence around heat transport

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heat transport in the earth's mantle and in the atmosphere is probably not as effective as previously thought.


CO2 levels rising in troposphere over rural areas

CO2 levels rising in troposphere over rural areas

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Spanish researchers have measured CO2 levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid. The results, which are the first of their kind ...


NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology

NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded and spun ...


Spinons -- confined like quarks

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 2

The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind together to form protons and neutrons. Now Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (Germany) ...