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UCLA geographers urge U.S. to search 3 structures in Pakistan for bin Laden

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

While U.S. intelligence officials have spent more than seven years searching fruitlessly for Osama bin Laden, UCLA geographers say they have a good idea of where the terrorist leader was at the end of 2001 ...


Decrease-radix design principle for multi-valued logic units and its application

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A new theory referred to as the Decrease-Radix Design is proposed. And based on this theory, the regulations of making multi-valued logic operation units are presented. The theory has laid down a solid foundation for the ...





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Among Apes, Teeth Are Made for the Toughest Times (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The teeth of some apes are formed primarily to handle the most stressful times when food is scarce, according to new research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The findings ...


Study reveals lack of diversity in embryonic stem cell lines

Biology / Biotechnology

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according ...


Caltech scientists film photons with electrons

Caltech scientists film photons with electrons

Physics / General Physics

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Techniques recently invented by researchers at the California Institute of Technology -- which allow the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale ...


Surveying bird biodiversity from space?

Biology / Ecology

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fundamental rule of wildlife ecology says that diverse habitats foster greater biodiversity: The Amazon has far more species than Greenland. But how do habitat and biodiversity relate in a state like Wisconsin, ...


Scientists study hummingbirds flight to develop self-propelled surveillance devices

Technology / Engineering

created 23 hours ago | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The secret to the flight of the hummingbird and other tiny birds and insects lies in the looping, swirling flow of air, called a vortex, that their flapping wings create.


Bacteria wouldn't opt for a swine flu shot

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Bacteria inhabited our planet for more than 4 billion years before humans showed up, and they'll probably outlive us by as many eons more. That suggests they may have something to teach us.


Intel faces antitrust lawsuit from FTC (AP)

Intel hit with more antitrust charges in FTC suit

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept ...


New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines

New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a quiet green glen near Ashville, Pa., lies a rust-colored pond. A deep, rectangular hole in the ground, it somewhat resembles an Olympic-sized pool. Few people, however, would make the ...


Watching Proteins Direct Crystal Growth One Step at a Time (w/ Video)

Watching Proteins Direct Crystal Growth One Step at a Time (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry imaged the growth of protein-studded mineral surfaces with unprecedented resolution and provided a glimpse into how living systems engineer key ...


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Scientists decode memory-forming brain cell conversations

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The conversations neurons have as they form and recall memories have been decoded by Medical College of Georgia scientists.



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