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Study shows more genes are controlled by biological clocks

Biology /

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The tick-tock of your biological clock may have just gotten a little louder. Researchers at the University of Georgia report that the number of genes under control of in living things than suspected only a few years ago. ...





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The Death of Entanglement: Life Without Half-Life

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum entanglement, a type of correlation peculiar to quantum objects, has been found to disregard completely the "half-life" rule that is obeyed by all natural processes, such a radioactive decay.


Argonne's supercomputer named world’s fastest for open science, third overall

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 18, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory's IBM Blue Gene/P high-performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the semiannual Top500 List ...


Revolutionary high-speed 'cloud' software announced by new University of Melbourne start-up

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Revolutionary new software which harnesses the power of networked computers to analyse data at high speeds is being developed by new start-up company Manjrasoft Pty Ltd and researchers within the University of Melbourne, ...


A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking

A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The first desktop computers changed the way we managed data forever. Three decades after their introduction, we rely on them to manage our time, social life and finances -- and to keep this information safe ...


DOE to explore scientific cloud computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cloud computing is gaining traction in the commercial world, but can such an approach also meet the computing and data storage demands of the nation's scientific community? A new program funded by the American Recovery and ...


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Data-Taking Dress Rehearsal Proves World’s Largest Computing Grid is Ready for LHC Restart

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world’s largest computing grid has passed its most comprehensive tests to date in anticipation of the restart of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider ...


'Painter' supercomputer comes to life at Louisiana Tech

'Painter' supercomputer comes to life at Louisiana Tech

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) gained another 4.77 teraflops of computing power recently with the activation of the "Painter" supercomputer housed in the Data Replication Center at Louisiana ...


IBM Unveils Industry's First Public Desktop Cloud

Technology / Software

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Building on years of industry leadership in desktop virtualization technology, IBM today announced the availability of the industry's first public desktop cloud service.


A human approach to computer processing

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A more human approach to processing raw data could change the way that computers deal with information, according to academics at The University of Nottingham.


Cluster of video games maps brain

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created Sep 25, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Four college students have devised a way to use a cluster of Sony PLAYSTATION3 video game consoles, for large-scale modeling of the human brain. Their design won them first place – and $10,000 – in IBM’s Cell Broadband Engine ...



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