Physical reality of string theory demonstrated

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (49) | comments 38

String theory has come under fire in recent years. Promises have been made that have not been lived up to. Leiden (The Netherlands) theoretical physicists have now for the first time used string theory to describe a physical ...


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Producing hydrogen from urine

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (43) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract ...


UQ researchers break the law -- of physics

UQ researchers break the law -- of physics

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (31) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work.


Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully operated a quantum gate between two remote particles of matter, marking an important step toward the development of a quantum computer. In ...


Easter Island compound extends lifespan of old mice

Easter Island compound extends lifespan of old mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 11

The giant monoliths of Easter Island are worn, but they have endured for centuries. New research suggests that a compound first discovered in the soil of the South Pacific island might help us stand the test ...


Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality: Science Fiction or Reality? (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer graphics have come a long way since the birth of Atari Games over 30 years ago. Today, computer graphics seem very real and some day researchers will pull graphics out of your television ...


New type of El Nino could mean more hurricanes make landfall

New type of El Nino could mean more hurricanes make landfall

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (20) | comments 12

El Niño years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niño may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes ...


The problem with self-help books: Study shows the negative side to positive self-statements

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 7

In times of doubt and uncertainty, many Americans turn to self-help books in search of encouragement, guidance and self-affirmation. The positive self-statements suggested in these books, such as "I am a lovable person" or ...


One step closer to an artificial nerve cell

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University (Sweden) are well on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitters. ...


Printable batteries

Printable batteries

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through ...


Will Murphy, 7, inspects the teeth of a Theropod dinosaur

Australian scientists hail triple dinosaur find

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.


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Social security numbers can be predicted with public information, researchers find

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown that public information readily gleaned from governmental sources, commercial data bases, or online social networks can be used to routinely predict most — ...


Building a stellar time machine

Building a stellar time machine

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers are building a celestial time machine that lets astronomers look back at hundreds of thousands of objects in the Earth’s skies over the past century.


High-tech imaging reveals hidden past in ancient texts

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- It might simply look like a smudge, but even the slightest stain on the ancient writing surface of papyrus could obscure a revelation of a past civilization. Now, with the advent of high-tech imaging, some ...


New method may help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations

New method may help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (14) | comments 7

Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility ...