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Observing the Quantum Hall Effect in 'Real' Space

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- When water transforms into steam, or magnetized iron changes to demagnetized iron, Katsushi Hashimoto explains to PhysOrg.com, a phase transition is taking place: “Classical phase transitions…often share ...





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This picture released by the CNRS/Universite de Provence shows a column of Emperor Nero banquet hall

Archaeologists unearth Nero's revolving banquet hall

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a revolving banquet room built by the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled between 54 and 68 BC and was famed for his depraved and extravagant lifestyle, a statement said ...


Melanoma treatment options one step closer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A targeted chemotherapy for the treatment of skin cancer is one step closer, after a team of University of Alberta researchers successfully synthesized a natural substance that shows exceptional potential to specifically ...


Higher health insurance costs force doctors to talk about money with patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As health insurers require people to base more treatment decisions on out-of-pocket costs, physicians should learn to talk to patients about money, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.


King crab family bigger than ever

King crab family bigger than ever

Biology / Ecology

created 11 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king ...


Study uncovers 'de-urbanization' of America (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than any other populace on Earth, Americans are on the move. Because of factors such as employment, climate or retirement, 14 percent of the U.S. population bounces from place to place every year.


Post-Racial? NC State Expert Weighs In On the Current State of Race Relations

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many pundits professed the dawn of a “post-racial” era following the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president.


America's increasing food waste is laying waste to the environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and carbon dioxide emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. In a new paper published in the open-access, ...


Metals could forge new cancer drug

Metals could forge new cancer drug

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed immunity to other drugs, according to research at the University ...


Quantum Effects Make the Difference

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 01, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (40) | comments 0

The atomic constituents of matter are never still, even at absolute zero. This consequence of quantum mechanics can result in continuous transition between different material states. Physicists at the Max Planck Institute ...


Forgotten treasures shed new light on Little Grey Rabbit author

Forgotten treasures shed new light on Little Grey Rabbit author

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A suffragette poem, penned by a world-famous children’s author and kept privately at a University of Manchester Hall of Residence for over a century, has been made available online.



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