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Scientists See New Mechanism for Superconductivity
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity.
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Brain activity exposes those who break promises
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The ...
Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer.
Research Suggests New Approach to Using Assessment Results to Improve Classroom Instruction
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Education researchers at the University of Arkansas have taken an important first step toward better understanding both formative assessment and how to get the information teachers need to ...
Message for women and dogs: keeping ovaries is linked to longevity
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge ...
Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated In College Football
Dec 01, 2009 |
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This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, ...
A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...
Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.
Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers ...
Building real security with virtual worlds
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore ...
In College Football, Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated
Nov 24, 2009 |
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This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, especially ...
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