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Spacing, not size, matters in visual recognition, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3

You might think that the farthest distance at which you can hold a book and still read it quickly is determined by the size of the letters. However, New York University neuroscientists have concluded that it's the spacing ...





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Complex dynamics underlie bark beetle eruptions

Biology /

created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Forest management that favors single tree species and climate change are just two of the critical factors making forests throughout western North America more susceptible to infestation by bark beetles, according to an article ...


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Ames lab physicist develops 'electrifying' theory on superconducting fault-current limiters

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 16, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- John R. Clem, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has developed a theory that will help build future superconducting alternating-current fault-current limiters ...


Samsung Develops New, Highly Efficient Stacking Process for DRAM

Samsung Develops New, Highly Efficient Stacking Process for DRAM

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 23, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed the first all-DRAM stacked memory package using ‘through silicon via’ (TSV) technology, which will soon result in memory packages that are faster, ...


Samsung Electronics Develops New, Highly Efficient Stacking Process for DRAM

Samsung Electronics Develops New, Highly Efficient Stacking Process for DRAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 26, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed the first all-DRAM stacked memory package using 'through silicon via' (TSV) technology, which will soon result in memory packages that are faster, ...


Fruit Fly Helps Identify Protein Critical to Eggshell Formation That May be Pesticide Target

Fruit Fly Helps Identify Protein Critical to Eggshell Formation That May be Pesticide Target

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created May 29, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The common fruit fly circling your week-old peach has helped scientists zero in on a protein critical to the insect's eggshell formation.


Scientists take giant step forward in understanding exotic nuclei

Scientists take giant step forward in understanding exotic nuclei

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 29, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (28) | comments 0

Developing good predictive powers of how all nuclei work is critical to advance our understanding of the universe. The vast nuclear landscape, which is thought to consist of about 6,000 isotopes is not well ...


Findings a step toward making new optical materials

Findings a step toward making new optical materials

Chemistry /

created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Chemical engineers have developed a "self-assembling" method that could lead to an inexpensive way of making diamondlike crystals to improve optical communications and other technologies.


Government's NHS Plan linked to striking improvements in critical care

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survival among patients in intensive care units in England has improved significantly since the implementation of the NHS Plan in 2000, finds new research published in BMJ today.


Inexpensive roof vent could prevent billions of dollars in wind damage

Inexpensive roof vent could prevent billions of dollars in wind damage

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 28, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture ...


Epidemiologic study links low maternal education to intellectual disabilities in offspring

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created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

By applying a public health approach, researchers at three universities have discovered a key indicator for increased risk of mental retardation in the general population. The study assessed population-level risk factors ...



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