 Light throws a curve ball September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 111 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 13 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 179 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: 4.5 / 5 after 41 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 49 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 ... | |
'Chemical equator' discovery will aid pollution mapping September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of York have discovered a 'Chemical Equator' that divides the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the largely uncontaminated atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere. | |
 Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature ... | |
 GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous ... | |
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