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Nano Measurement in the 3rd Dimension

From the motion sensor to the computer chip - in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size of thousandths - or even millionths - of millimetres. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Studying the female form: Math could lead to sexier lingerie, safer labcoats

Researchers in Japan have turned to mathematics to build a computerized 3D model of the female trunk that could help lingerie and other clothes designers make more sensuous, comfortable, and better fitting product ranges.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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When worlds collide: Researchers harness supercomputers to understand solar storm, magnetosphere

If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Warning! Collision imminent! The brain's quick interceptions help you navigate the world

Researchers at The Neuro and the University of Maryland have figured out the mathematical calculations that specific neurons employ in order to inform us of our distance from an object and the 3-D velocities of moving objects ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mission to land on a comet

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoand land a probe on it, two firsts.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Polarization imaging: Seeing through the fog of war

Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the development of a new circular polarization filter by a collaborative team of scientists at the Colorado School of Mines and ITN Energy Systems has the potential to ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Repulsive gravity as an alternative to dark energy (Part 1: In voids)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists discovered in 1998 that the Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, the possibility that dark energy could explain the observation was intriguing. But because there ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (49) | comments 118 | with audio podcast report

Scientists create first free-standing 3-D cloak

Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

First complete 3D visualization of vitamin D receptor

For the first time, a team from the Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France, has obtained a high-resolution, full 3D image of a small but vital molecule locked ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM scientists create the smallest 3D map of planet Earth

The map, produced on a tiny sliver of polymer, measures just 22 by 11 micrometers. To put that into perspective, 1000 copies of the map could fit within a single grain of salt.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Exergames' may provide cognitive benefit for older adults

Virtual reality-enhanced exercise, or "exergames," combining physical exercise with computer-simulated environments and interactive videogame features, can yield a greater cognitive benefit for older adults ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Markerless motion capture offers a new angle on tennis injuries

A new approach to motion capture technology is offering fresh insights into tennis injuries – and orthopedic injuries in general.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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