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Findings turn events in early TB infection on their head, may lead to new therapy

Biology /

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Masses of immune cells that form as a hallmark of tuberculosis (TB) have long been thought to be the body's way of trying to protect itself by literally walling off the bacteria. But a new study in the January 9th issue of ...





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Entanglement without Classical Correlations

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (60) | comments 21

Quantum mechanics is full of counterintuitive concepts. The idea of entanglement – when two or more particles instantaneously exhibit dependent characteristics when measured, no matter how far apart they are – is one of them. ...


Physicists Propose Method for Entangling Moving Material Particles

Physicists Propose Method for Entangling Moving Material Particles

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- When physicists experiment with quantum entanglement, they usually work with photons, the intangible particles of light. In the past few years, however, scientists have begun to broaden their ...


It's Easier to Observe the Failure of Local Realism than Previously Thought

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (41) | comments 199

(PhysOrg.com) -- Local realism is something we live with every day, even if we don’t realize it. The principle of local realism combines two assumptions: locality and realism. Locality says that distant objects cannot directly ...


World's Largest Quantum Bell Test Spans Three Swiss Towns

World's Largest Quantum Bell Test Spans Three Swiss Towns

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (127) | comments 22

In an attempt to rule out any kind of communication between entangled particles, physicists from the University of Geneva have sent two entangled photons traveling to different towns located 18 km apart – ...


New semantic web interface for smarter searches

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created Feb 13, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new semantic web interface, which will improve access to information and present search results in associated categories in one window, was launched this week. This new approach means that instead of users having to wade ...


Turning 'funky' quantum mysteries into computing reality

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 16, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (39) | comments 0

The strange world of quantum mechanics can provide a way to surpass limits in speed, efficiency and accuracy of computing, communications and measurement, according to research by MIT scientist Seth Lloyd.


Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking

Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (47) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans don’t always make the most rational decisions. As studies have shown, even when logic and reasoning point in one direction, sometimes we chose the opposite route, motivated by personal ...


The Genesis of Relativity

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 22, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 0

New insights into the premises, assumptions and preconditions that underlie Einstein’s Relativity Theory, as well as the intellectual, and cultural contexts that shaped it, are the subject of a comprehensive study published ...


Should embryos with a hereditary disorder be transferred if no unaffected embryos are available?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The numbers of cycles of preimplantation genetic diagnosis or screening are rising steadily in Europe with over 2,700 reported in 2004 (the most recent year for which data are available). Fertility centres are able to screen ...


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Physicists Calculate Number of Parallel Universes

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (77) | comments 58

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of many alternate universes within a giant multiverse has grown from a sci-fi fantasy into a legitimate theoretical possibility. ...



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