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Internet Growth Follows Moore's Law Too

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Originally, Moore’s Law described the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit, which doubles approximately every 18 months. Now, a team of researchers from China has discovered ...





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How cells tolerate DNA damage -- start signal for cell survival program identified

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Cancer researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have gained new insights into how cells react to DNA damage. Dr. Michael Stilmann, Dr. Michael Hinz and Professor Claus Scheidereit ...


Skin color gives clues to health

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the color of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving ...


Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips

Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 6 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University ...


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IBM makes Big Blue cloud

Technology / Software

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IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.


Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion (AP)

Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer.


Climate variability and dengue incidence

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Research published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever, which affects an estimated fifty million people per year worldwide. But the study ...


Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 11

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- th ...


Today's children decide their school and career path early

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by ...


Seeing stars, Proba-2 platform passes its first health check

Seeing stars, Proba-2 platform passes its first health check

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, ...


Underground lines that bypass monuments

Underground lines that bypass monuments

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The ...



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