CERN openlab boosts the performance of LHC computing October 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
The LHC Grid Fest, held last Friday at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and at several sites around the world, commemorated the readiness of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). At full capacity, the Large Hadron Collider ... | |
 Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, ... | |
Egalitarian revolution in the Pleistocene? October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Although anthropologists and evolutionary biologists are still debating this question, a new study, published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, supports the view that the first egalitarian societies may have appeared ... | |
Outer Solar System Not as Crowded as Astronomers Thought October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a treasure hunt comes up empty-handed, the hunters are understandably disappointed. But when astronomers don't find what they are looking for, the defeat can provide as much information as a successful ... | |
Scientists explore putting electric cars on a two-way power street October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by providing power to the electricity grid. | |
Religion makes people helpful and generous -- under certain conditions: UBC researchers October 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Belief in God encourages people to be helpful, honest and generous, but only under certain psychological conditions, according to University of British Columbia researchers who analyzed the past three decades of social science ... | |
Should companies with unhealthy products be regulated to protect health? October 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
Should businesses that sell products which are responsible for a huge numbers of deaths, illness and injury, such as tobacco and junk food, be held accountable and made to improve public health? Two experts debate the issue ... | |
New research may help to design better gene therapy vectors 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by scientists from the University of Reading may offer an insight into ways of making safer and more specific gene therapy vectors. The research, published in the journal Nature Structural ... | |
5 things you didn't know about... buying medication online 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cynthia Reilly, director of the practice development division of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, offers advice for shopping online: | |
 3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and cancer October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly ... | |
Doctors: No hamsters or exotic pets for young kids October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets - or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter - because of risks for disease. | |
Economists: Tough measures needed to cure economic ills 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ailing financial industry is going to need strong medicine to pull out of a deepening credit crunch brought on by risky loans and deregulation, Purdue University economists said Monday. | |
The bionic arm is the future of prosthetics, and it's here today 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alberta Health Services' Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is pioneering a major advancement in upper-limb amputation surgery and rehabilitation with the Canadian debut of the Targeted Muscle Reinnervation ... | |
NASA study finds rising Arctic storm activity sways sea ice, climate October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A new NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift, long ... | |
 Protein shown to play a key role in normal development of nervous system 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A protein that enables nerve cells to communicate with each other plays a key role in controlling the developing nervous system. Research into how that protein helps precise connections to form among nerve ... | |
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