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Picosecond Oscilloscope

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An oscilloscope is a device for displaying signals that are too fast to be seen by the human eye. Typically the signal consists of a voltage level that changes quickly moment by moment (over millisecond to nanosecond timescales). ...





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Two More Earth's Chandler Wobble Jumps Revealed, Last in 2005

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Chandler Wobble is a small variation in the rotation of the Earth on its axis. It has been known for some time that the phase of the Chandler Wobble jumped by 180 degrees in the 1920s, ...


Researchers show link between vitamin D status, breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association ...


Rosetta lander measures Mars' magnetic environment around close approach

Rosetta lander measures Mars' magnetic environment around close approach

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 26, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In addition to acquiring incredible images of Mars during the planetary swingby earlier today, Rosetta and its lander Philae continue returning data from the Red Planet. The ROMAP instrument on board Philae ...


Climate models don't tell the full story

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate models that predict heavy rainfall don’t give the whole picture, according to the results of a study by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) scientist Martin Ziegler. He examined ...


Einstein was right: Unique stellar system provides 'laboratory' for testing relativity

Einstein was right: Unique stellar system provides 'laboratory' for testing relativity

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (73) | comments 3

Researchers at McGill University's Department of Physics – along with colleagues from several countries – have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations ...


Spinning 'Orbita' Mouse Available in January

Spinning 'Orbita' Mouse Available in January

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 7

It looks like a large shiny button, but the round object is actually the world's first wireless three-axis mouse, according to its designers, an Australian technology company called Cyber Sport. The company ...


Gecko Gliding in Wind Tunnel

Gecko's 'Active' Tail Key to Preventing Falls and Aerial Maneuvers

Biology /

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

How useful is an animal's tail? For the gecko, unlike most animals, it could be a matter of life or death, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.


Scientists create touch-based illusion

Biology /

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Anyone who has seen an optical illusion can recall the quirky moment when you realize that the image being perceived is different from objective reality. Now, a team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed ...


Study links vitamin D, type 1 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (31) | comments 2

Sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play a strong role in risk of type 1 diabetes in children, according to new findings by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department ...


Study strengthens link between sirtuins and life extension

Study strengthens link between sirtuins proteins and life extension

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper from MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente strengthens the link between longevity proteins called sirtuins and the lifespan-extending effects of calorie restriction.



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