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Replicating Milgram: Researcher finds most will administer shocks when prodded by 'authority figure'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Nearly 50 years after one of the most controversial behavioral experiments in history, a social psychologist has found that people are still just as willing to administer what they believe are painful electric shocks to others ...





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Many devices don't require a converter

Technology / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Q. We will be sailing in the Greek Islands on a 32-foot boat in May, and I am wondering how to properly charge our various electronic gadgets -- an e-book reader, camera and phone -- so I don't wreck any of them. What should ...


Electric shocks can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Canadian researchers have shown that an electric shock ranging from 120 to 52,000 volts can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms in humans. Following an electrical injury, some patients may show various emotional ...


New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- By integrating a solid-state electron emitter and a microcavity plasma device, researchers at the University of Illinois have created a plasma transistor that could be used to make lighter, ...


OLED Tunes its Colors for Sunlight-Style Illumination

OLED Tunes its Colors for Sunlight-Style Illumination

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (39) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a lighting device that can change its color temperature throughout the day, matching the natural daylight chromaticities produced by the sun. Currently, no other ...


Right-Front Wheel Rotations

Spirit Rover: Right-Front Wheel Rotations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-front wheel, which had stopped operating in March 2006, revolved with apparently normal motion during the first three of four driving segments on Sol 2117 (Wednesday, Dec. 16) ...


Creating a memory device out of paper

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (56) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology continues to shrink, and as memory needs become more demanding, the industry dealing with microelectronics requires devices that are cost-efficient and lightweight. And, while organic materials ...


HRH The Duke of Kent visits ALICE at STFC Daresbury Laboratory

ALICE particle accelerator achieves energy recovery

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UK scientists have successfully demonstrated energy recovery on the ALICE advanced particle accelerator design, potentially paving the way for new accelerators using a fraction of the energy ...


Artificial Lightning

Research helps electric utilities and manufacturers protect against lightning

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Firing bolts of lightning at expensive electrical equipment is all in a day's work at NEETRAC - the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center. The goal for the lightning research and ...


Gallium nitride transistor could replace silicon

Gallium nitride transistor could replace silicon

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (36) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from gallium nitride, which may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications.


Wired Wallpaper

Wired Wallpaper Offers Alternative to Outlets

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (32) | comments 6

Philips has recently designed a type of wallpaper with conducting stripes running through it, enabling electrical devices to be hooked up to just about anywhere on the wall.



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