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A frank discussion of the power law and linking correlation to causation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Michael Stumpf a mathematics professor at Imperial College in London, and Mason Porter a lecturer at Oxford have teamed together to write and publish a perspective piece in Science regarding the in ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Small modular reactor design could be a 'SUPERSTAR'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though most of today's nuclear reactors are cooled by water, we've long known that there are alternatives; in fact, the world's first nuclear-powered electricity in 1951 came from a reactor ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

World's first 300mm-fab compatible directed self-assembly process line

At next week’s SPIE Advanced Lithography conference (San Jose, CA), imec announces the successful implementation of the world first 300mm fab-compatible Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) process line all-under-one-roof ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What lies beneath: Mapping hidden nanostructures

The ability to diagnose and predict the properties of materials is vital, particularly in the expanding field of nanotechnology. Electron and atom-probe microscopy can categorize atoms in thin sheets of material, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Bonding out: Making companies pay up front for potential environmental disasters

Whether it’s building an oil pipeline, drilling for fuel in the ocean or “fracking” to flush natural gas out of the Earth, we’re often asked to believe the process is safe, when companies want to do something ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Log onto Facebook, contribute to scientific research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Logging on to Facebook could soon be a way of contributing to important scientific research, as well as finding out what’s going on in your world.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford develops new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis

Jack was sinking fast, his vital signs registering alarming numbers. With every passing second, his doctor, Charles Prober, could see his patient being overwhelmed by sepsis, a deadly complication of infection ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Do your best' not a good enough goal to improve diabetes diet

(Medical Xpress) -- A specific goal to eat a set number of daily servings of low-glycemic-index foods can improve dietary habits of people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research reveals why fishermen keep fishing despite dwindling catches

Half of fishermen would not give up their livelihood in the face of drastically declining catches according to research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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