Flexi display technology is now October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Rigid television screens, bulky laptops and still image posters are to be a thing of the past as new research, published today, Thursday, 2 October, in the New Journal of Physics, heralds the beginning of a technological ... | |
Zooming way in, technique offers close-ups of electrons, nuclei October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Providing a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks.Their "camera," described this week in the journal Nature, consists of a special ... | |
New findings indicate HIV/AIDS pandemic began around 1900, earlier than previously thought October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, suggesting that growing urbanization in colonial Africa set the stage for the HIV/AIDS pandemic. | |
 Light throws a curve ball September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 110 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made a surprise discovery using light beams that can travel around corners. | |
 Biophysicists create new model for protein-cholesterol interactions in brain and muscle tissue September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have used 3,200 computer processors and long-established data on cholesterol's role in the function of proteins to clarify the mysterious interaction between ... | |
Engineer: Head-first slide is quicker September 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Base running and base stealing would seem to be arts driven solely by a runner's speed, but there's more than mere gristle, bone and lung power to this facet of baseball -- there are lots of mathematics and physics at play. | |
 Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 154 vote(s)
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While almost everybody knows how Einstein revolutionized physics with his theories of relativity, many people may not know that the great scientist had a domestic side, too. Well, sort of - in 1930, Einstein ... | |
 Going with the flow: Scientists solve 100-year-old engineering problem September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional ... | |
 Control your TV simply by waving your arm September 25, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers will soon be able to control their TV screens or home entertainment systems simply by waving their hand, thanks to technology developed by Toshiba's Cambridge Research Laboratory ... | |
Scientist proposes explanation for puzzling property of night-shining clouds at the edge of space September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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An explanation for a strange property of noctilucent clouds--thin, wispy clouds hovering at the edge of space at 85 km altitude--has been proposed by an experimental plasma physicist at the California Institute of Technology ... | |
 New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers. | |
 Solo Sparkle: Electron give-and-take lets molecules shine individually on camera September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A single fluorescent molecule flashing as it gains or loses its electron has made the microscopic spotlight. Watching a whole gaggle of these molecules, they appear to work synchronously; but a new close-up ... | |
New research shows why metal alloys degrade September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications -- from jet engines to satellites to cell phones—and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain why. | |
 The hibernating stellar magnet: First optically active magnetar-candidate discovered September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. It is most likely to be a missing link in the family of neutron stars, the first ... | |
Step right up, let the computer look at your face and tell you your age September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software. Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate ... | |
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