News tagged with demons
Maxwell's demon demonstration turns information into energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Japan are the first to have succeeded in converting information into free energy in an experiment that verifies the "Maxwell demon" thought experiment devised in 1867.
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Could Maxwell's Demon Exist in Nanoscale Systems?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Maxwell’s demon may be making a comeback. Physicists know that the demon, an imaginary creature that decreases the entropy of a system, cannot exist in macroscopic systems due to the energy ...
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Getting pious with a little help from our friends
Friendships forged at church seem to play a major role in people's religious activities and beliefs — even when it comes to their views about how exclusive heaven is, according to a national study by a Baylor University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2012 |
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China expects 48,000 new HIV cases this year
(AP) -- China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, state media reported Wednesday, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2011 |
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The history of angels: U-M research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Angels are everywhere today—on lapel pins, magnetic dashboard figures, keepsake ornaments and in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. But interest in angels is more than a contemporary fad. ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Eat, drink and be scary!
The heart pounds wildly. Breathing hastens. Who is that figure rising from behind the fog? How does that deep droning voice on the other end of the line know what I’m wearing? What lies in the dark abyss around the corner? ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Why we create monsters
Experts in various aspects of the macabre include several University at Buffalo faculty members who specialize in what many cultures find horrible and terrifying.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Steve Jobs bio, candid portrait of complicated man
The eagerly awaited biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hit bookstores Monday, painting a candid portrait of a technology visionary who could be as bruising as he was brilliant.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Web video poised for central role in 2012 election
When Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched an attack of Mitt Romney's health care plan last week, he did not call a news conference, give a big speech or take to the air waves.
Oct 18, 2011 |
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The political effects of existential fear
Why did the approval ratings of President George W. Bush— who was perceived as indecisive before September 11, 2001—soar over 90 percent after the terrorist attacks? Because Americans were acutely aware of their ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Psychologists chase down sleep demons
What do Moby Dick, the Salem witch trials and alien abductions all have in common? They all circle back to sleep paralysis.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Do hospitals' freebies undermine breast-feeding?
(AP) -- Jessica Ewald brought more than a new baby boy home when she gave birth earlier this year. Like many new moms, she got a hospital goody bag, with supplies including free infant formula and formula ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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