News tagged with fifth force


Possible Fifth Force Would Make Direct Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely

Possible Fifth Force Would Make Direct Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (41) | comments 52 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. ...





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Student Builds Spider Robot From Spare Parts

Student Builds Spider Robot From Spare Parts (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around the room. That might sound terrifying.


UB geographers help map devastation in Haiti

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted ...


Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook (AP)

Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.


MySpace Music experiments with audio ads

Technology / Internet

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear before listening to music for free online.


Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked (AP)

Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 13

(AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former ...


The Shoulders of Giants

The Shoulders of Giants

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

America’s ambition to explore space has not come without a human cost. The decisions being made today about our future in space depend on lessons learned from past tragedies.


Study suggests when dealing with fungi, it's best to attack from both sides

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Each year, 83,000 life-threatening fungal infections cost us $2.6 billion. And this number will only go up as HIV infection, cancer chemotherapy, and organ transplants bump up the immune-compromised population ...


Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs

Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Although the orb web of a spider is a lightweight structure, it seems to be a highly optimized structure, presumably as a result of evolution from the Jurassic period or earlier," explain ...


Microsoft to patch 17-year-old bug

Microsoft to patch 17-year-old bug

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft's February security update will include a patch for a bug that dates back to Windows NT 3.1, which was released in July 1993. The vulnerability has been present but undetected in ...


Macworld taking off without Apple on board

Technology / Business

created Feb 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Macworld conclave devoted to all things Apple gets under way this week without the technology sun around which the annual event has revolved for years.



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