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Daniel Spielman Presenting Gödel Prize Lecture

Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ...





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CSIRO researchers create giant waves

CSIRO researchers create giant waves -- virtually

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have created 'rogue waves' more than 20 metres high and smashed them into virtual oil and gas production platforms to compare different mooring designs.


Genetic analysis helps dissect molecular basis of cardiovascular disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using highly precise measurements of plasma lipoprotein concentrations determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), researchers led by Daniel Chasman at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...


Jesus Walked on Ice, Study Says

Jesus Walked on Ice, Study Says

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created Apr 04, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (219) | comments 0

The New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof, it's more likely that he walked on ...


Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.


A mobile phone or an MP3 player tells if you're sleeping soundly

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Finnish researcher Väinö Virtanen has developed a method for analysing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and a wireless microphone. The objective was to create an application that could be used ...


New tools for prediction of disease progression in acute childhood leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children’s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children ...


New neuroimaging analysis technique identifies impact of Alzheimer's disease gene in healthy brains

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). A study conducted at the University of Kansas School of Medicine demonstrated that genetic risk is expressed in the brains of even ...


New research analyzes issues in immigration law

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Miami Law Professor Rebecca A. Sharpless has recently authored a research paper titled, "Toward a True Elements Test: Taylor and the Categorical Analysis of Crimes in Immigration Law."


Picking particles faster than one at a time

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created Dec 01, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computer scientists and biologists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed software that can select tens of thousands of high-quality images of biological molecules from electron ...


'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...



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