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The first goal is the deepest: Can mathematics predict the match outcome?
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Jack Brimberg and Bill Hurley of The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, point out that sports commentators will often argue the importance of scoring the first goal and often suggest that a team improves ...
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Measuring quantum information without destroying it
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the Holy Grails - so to speak - of science involves building quantum computers that can perform, with accuracy, the computations too advanced and too large for classical computers. While we remain ...
Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1811, Joseph Fourier, the 43-year-old prefect of the French district of Isčre, entered a competition in heat research sponsored by the French Academy of Sciences. The paper he submitted ...
Sending quantum information over long distances
Jul 19, 2006 |
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Ever since the idea of quantum communication was proposed, scientists have considered quantum communication systems as completely separate from classical communication systems. However, an international group of scientists ...
AMD Launches World's First x86 Triple-Core Processors
Mar 27, 2008 |
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AMD today announced the availability of AMD Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors, providing gamers and digital media enthusiasts with exceptional performance at mainstream price points. AMD Phenom ...
New mathematical method provides better way to analyze noise
Jun 08, 2006 |
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Humans have 200 million light receptors in their eyes, 10 to 20 million receptors devoted to smell, but only 8,000 dedicated to sound. Yet despite this miniscule number, the auditory system is the fastest of ...
Researcher looks to use nanoparticles for food safety
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Byron Brehm-Stecher, assistant professor in food science and human nutrition, has some big ideas for his work with tiny particles. His latest research project will allow him to study the potential of using silver nanoparticles ...
Mesh-like network of arteries adjusts to restore blood flow to stroke-injured brain
Jan 30, 2009 |
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A grid of small arteries at the surface of the brain redirects flow and widens at critical points to restore blood supply to tissue starved of nutrients and oxygen following a stroke, a study published this ...
MIT physicist to describe strange world of quarks, gluons
Feb 17, 2008 |
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One of the great theoretical challenges facing physicists is understanding how the tiniest elementary particles give rise to most of the mass in the visible universe.
Highest jobless rate in three decades causes drop in consumer confidence
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida's consumer confidence fell three points to 69 in November amid continued concerns over the state?s high unemployment rate, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Does diabetes speed up memory loss in Alzheimer's disease?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -Research has shown that diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease and the risk of memory loss in people who don't have Alzheimer's disease. But it hasn't been clear whether people with Alzheimer's ...
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