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Magnetic Cactus Experimentally Demonstrates Mathematical Plant Patterns
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of humanity’s earliest mathematical inquiries might have involved the geometric patterns in plants. The arrangement of leaves on a branch, seeds in a sunflower, and spines on a cactus ...
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Fibonacci sequence fronts new nanoscience building at Bristol University
Jun 05, 2008 |
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A famous mathematical pattern has inspired the stunning curved sail façade of Bristol University’s new £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information.
Scientists find clues to the formation of Fibonacci spirals in nature
May 01, 2007 |
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While the aesthetics and symmetry of Fibonacci spiral patterns has often attracted scientists, a mathematical or physical explanation for their common occurrence in nature is yet to be discovered. Recently, ...
Fibonacci series on microstructures
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Aug 18, 2005 |
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It is a big challenge for materials scientists to produce highly ordered micro- and nanostructures in a designed pattern with uniform size and shape. By controlling the geometry and the stress upon cooling, CAS researchers ...
A trillion triangles: New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for ...
Australian researchers first in the world to solve the genetic code of canola
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, the genetic code of canola was a mystery. Australian researcher Dr David Edwards, in collaboration with Bayer CropScience and Keygene N.V., is the first in the world to have solved the code, ...
Complete Genomics reports low-cost sequencing of 3 human genomes
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Complete Genomics, a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced publication of a report in the journal Science describing its proprietary DNA sequencing platform, including analysis of seq ...
Large-scale sequencing: The future of genomic sciences?
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Scientists can gain insights into new ways to use microorganisms in medicine and manufacturing through a coordinated large-scale effort to sequence the genomes of not just individual microorganisms but entire ecosystems, ...
Genome sequence for the domestic horse unveiled
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that ...
Researchers sequence swine genome
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.
Scientists map potato genome, hope to improve crop yield
Sep 24, 2009 |
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It's been cultivated for at least 7,000 years and spread from South America to grow on every continent except Antarctica. Now the humble potato has had its genome sequenced.
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