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Will the economic crisis lead to major societal changes?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from those of their parents? Why has the size of Japanese families ...





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Predictive simulation successes on Dawn supercomputer

Predictive simulation successes on Dawn supercomputer

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 500-teraFLOPS Advanced Simulation and Computing program's Sequoia Initial Delivery System (Dawn), an IBM machine of the same lineage as BlueGene/L, has immediately proved itself useful ...


New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists

New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists

Physics / General Physics

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 2

Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional ...


Are there rearrangement hot spots in the human genome?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 09, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The debate over the validity of genomic rearrangement “hotspots” has its most recent addition in a new theory put forth by researchers at the University of California San Diego. The study, published on November 9 in PLoS Co ...


Technology on way to forecasting humanity's needs

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Much as meteorologists predict the path and intensity of hurricanes, Indiana University's Alessandro Vespignani believes we will one day predict with unprecedented foresight, specificity and scale such things as the economic ...


Imaging techniques may help predict response to head and neck cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment and those who will require surgical follow-up, ...


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Computational actinide chemistry: Are we there yet?

Chemistry /

created Aug 21, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Ever since the Manhattan project in World War II, actinide chemistry has been essential for nuclear science and technology. Yet scientists still seek the ability to interpret and predict chemical and physical ...


Is duodenal biopsy necessary in celiac disease diagnosis for children and adults?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Duodenal biopsy remains the gold standard for celiac disease (CD) diagnosis. However, it has several pitfalls and requires an invasive procedure in children. In the past few years, a more prominent role for a definitive diagnosis ...


Scientists develop novel method to generate functional hepatocytes for drug testing

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists have for the first time produced liver cells from adult skin cells using the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology.


Superstring theory useful for experimental physics

Superstring theory useful for experimental physics

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (26) | comments 9

Superstring theory aims to explain the laws of physics from extremely small strings in various states. Theoretical superstring theory is therefore normally not considered to be particularly relevant for practical ...


Math professor discovers chaos on a 'fluid trampoline'

Math professor discovers chaos on a 'fluid trampoline'

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A water drop placed on a soap film that vibrates up and down may bounce as if on a trampoline -- but it's much more than that, according to MIT mathematicians who say the "fluid trampoline" ...



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