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LHC switch-on fears are completely unfounded: new research paper
Sep 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to ...
Narcissistic people most likely to emerge as leaders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 07, 2008 |
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When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups. Narcissism ...
Eureka! How distractions facilitate creative problem-solving
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2008 |
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How many times have you spent hours slaving over an impossible problem, only to take a break and then easily solve the problem, sometimes within minutes of looking at it again? Although this is actually a common phenomenon, ...
Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2009 |
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British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. (Update: Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship) ...
Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Unusually aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows.
Fire Meets Ice: Superhot And Supercold Remarkably Similar In The 'Fermion' World (w/ Video)
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Trapping and cooling a microscopic clump of gas and then suddenly releasing it would normally result in the gas rapidly expanding outward in all directions, like a spherical bubble.
Fossilised pregnant fish was one of the first animals to have sex
Biology /
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pregnant fossil fish at the Natural History Museum in London has shed light on the possible origin of sex, according to a study published in Nature today by an international team includ ...
Study: Regular walking nearly halves elderly disability risk
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent by participating in a walking exercise program, according to a new University of Georgia study.
Fish oil and red yeast rice studied for lowering blood cholesterol
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A great deal of scientific evidence shows that cholesterol-reducing medications known as statins can help prevent coronary artery disease. Although the safety of these medications has been well documented, as many as 40 percent ...
Fock states could hold clues to quantum memory components
Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Fock states will play a role in the future of quantum computing,” Andrew Cleland tells PhysOrg.com. “We have completed the first experimental measurement of the time decay of Fock states in a superconducting quantu ...
Choosing a Low Radiation Cell Phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Environmental Working Group (EWG) team has released a consumer guide on the radiation levels emitted by over 1,000 cell phones sold in the U.S. The guide is the most comprehensive ever ...
A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Public health campaigns intended to reduce unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and eating junk food often focus on the risks of those behaviors. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests a relatively simple ...
Is one diet as good as another? New study says no and tells you why
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Any diet will do? Not if you want to lose fat instead of muscle. Not if you want to lower your triglyceride levels so you'll be less likely to develop diabetes and heart disease. Not if you want to avoid cravings that tempt ...
New Wireless 60 GHz Standard Promises Ultra-Fast Applications
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-high-speed wireless connectivity - capable of transferring 15 gigabits of data per second over short distances - has taken a significant step toward reality. A recent decision by an ...
Bizarre bird gets private beach in Indonesia
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A species of birds able to fly immediately after hatching from eggs buried beneath the tropical sand has just been given its own private beach in eastern Indonesia, a conservation group said Friday.
