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A man reads a Chinese language newspaper at a library in Chicago, Illinois

Web-only newspapers? Don't junk the presses yet

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

More than a half-a-dozen newspapers in the United States and Europe have gone "Web only" in the past year in a bid to stave off bankruptcy. But the first cold-eyed analysis of this approach is not encouraging.





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Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy

Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 7

A team of astrophysicists has solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way galaxy was evidence of a form of undetectable "dark matter" ...


Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...


Making quantum cryptography practical

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors ...


Model predicts how to build a better stent

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have been puzzled in recent years by observations that drug-releasing stents (mesh-like tubes implanted to hold patients' coronary arteries open) can increase the likelihood of blood clots and ...


Shift in age distribution of dengue fever in Thailand explained

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decreases in birth and death rates explain the shift in age distribution of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Thailand, according to a new paper in this week's open access journal PLoS Medicine.


Science journals

How to Spot an Influential Paper Based on its Citations

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- At first it may seem that the number of citations received by a published scientific paper is directly related to that paper's quality of content. The higher the quality, the more people read ...


Two for One: NIST Design Enables More Cost-Effective Quantum Key Distribution

Two for One: New Design Enables More Cost-Effective Quantum Key Distribution

Physics / General Physics

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing strings of digits, or “keys,” for use in quantum cryptography, ...


At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.


Scientists may have solved an ecological riddle

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

In a paper published this week in Nature, the authors – including Dr Ying Ping Wang from The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research – say that nitrogen fixation has long been recognised as an important proces ...


Neurons found to be similar to Electoral College

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A tiny neuron is a very complicated structure. Its complex network of dendrites, axons and synapses is constantly dealing with information, deciding whether or not to send a nerve impulse, to drive a certain action.



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