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New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law

New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (76) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers of the future could be operating not on electrons, but on tiny waves traveling through an electron "fluid," if a new proposal is successful. The new circuit design, recently introduced ...


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Internet Growth Follows Moore's Law Too

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Originally, Moore’s Law described the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit, which doubles approximately every 18 months. Now, a team of researchers from China has discovered ...





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Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook

Technology / Internet

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A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.


Disagreement Over Mammography Task Force Study

Disagreement Over Mammography Task Force Study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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When a government-appointed panel of experts released new guidelines last month calling for fewer routine mammograms, they were met with public confusion, political outrage, and a media storm that left women ...


New techniques make carbon-based integrated circuits more practical

New techniques make carbon-based integrated circuits more practical

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford engineers have built what they believe is a chip with the most advanced computing and storage elements made of carbon nanotubes to date by devising a way to root out the stubborn ...


Coroner: Self-help course led to woman's suicide (AP)

Coroner: Self-help course led to woman's suicide

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- An Australian coroner said Tuesday that participation in an intense self-help course led a woman to suffer a psychotic breakdown before she stripped naked and leaped to her death from an office window ...


Emotions an overlooked key to whistle-blowing, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A gut-level connection with workers may be the key to encouraging whistle-blowing that could chip away at an estimated $652 billion lost to fraud annually by U.S. businesses, an ongoing University of Illinois study suggests.


Eureqa, the robot scientist

Eureqa, the robot scientist (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new program, Eureqa, takes raw data and formulates scientific laws to suit, and it is available by free download to all scientists.


Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 9

(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.


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In Taiwan, bird catchers turn bird watchers

Biology / Ecology

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

When Yeh You-chin was a boy half a century ago, he ate migratory birds with relish, but now he is at the forefront of efforts to preserve the feathered visitors to his south Taiwan home.


Stopping rape as an object of war

Stopping rape as an object of war

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is a disturbing truth that sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV) is used as a war tactic in developing nations. Silvia Dominguez, assistant professor of sociology at Northeastern University, ...


Wizard at circuits, physics

Wizard at circuits, physics

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, uses his personal energy and understanding of physics to design innovative integrated circuits.



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