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Linear Gardens

New roadside beautification concept studied

Biology /

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Travel America's highways or drive down any city street this summer and you'll probably see them. From small, manicured beds of flowers maintained by community volunteers to extensive landscaping projects ...





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Size matters: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings ...


Solving big problems

Solving big problems with new quantum algorithm

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recently published paper, Aram Harrow at the University of Bristol and colleagues from MIT in the United States have discovered a quantum algorithm that solves large problems much faster ...


Google's Wave communications platform testing continues to be private with "a lot of features yet to be done"

Google wants businesses to ride Wave

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity.


Singapore scientists describe novel method for 3-D whole genome mapping research

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's Nature, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) scientists report a technological advance in the study of gene expression and regulation in the genome's three-dimensional folding and looping state through the de ...


For dialysis patients, skinny is dangerous

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death—even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd ...


Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 3

By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.


There's a speed limit to the pace of evolution, biologists say

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using a catalogue of "evolutionary speed limits." ...


Science begins at the world's most powerful X-ray laser

Science Begins at the World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiments are now underway using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. ...


Creating a six-qubit cluster state

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many scientists believe that quantum entanglement is required in order for effective quantum computing. Entanglement takes place when there is a connection that exists between two objects - even when they ...


A spider in amber

Oldest known spider's web found in amber

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pieces of amber containing parts of a spider's web have been found in East Sussex and dated back to the Cretaceous period 140 million years ago, which makes it the oldest spider's web known.



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