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Japanese researchers find norepinephrine levels may be linked to gambling addiction
(Medical Xpress) -- Because addictions cause so much havoc in the lives of millions of people, researchers the world over are constantly looking for both their causes and ways to treat them. One such addiction, to gambling, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Stanford research team cracks animated NuCaptcha
(PhysOrg.com) -- The research team from Stanford University, led by Elie Bursztein, that previously had cracked regular CAPTCHAs and then audio CAPTCHAs, now has also successfully cracked the animated version called NuCapt ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
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Microsoft says Google is bypassing its cookie stopping technology too
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after the world learned that Google has been bypassing user preferences on Safari based browsers to allow advertisers to leave unwanted cookies on their devices, Microsoft put out a ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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CDC study suggests H3N2 swine virus may have pandemic potential
(Medical Xpress) -- A CDC study led by microbiologist Terrence Tumpey has found that the H3N2 virus that infected several people in the United States last year, may have more pandemic potential than has been ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Researchers find classical musical compositions adhere to power law
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers, led by Daniel Levitin of McGill University, has found after analyzing over two thousand pieces of classical music that span four hundred years of history, that virtually ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Study explores computing bursts for smartphones
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study team from the computer science and engineering departments at University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan are tackling smartphone performance with an idea about chips that ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Time crystals could behave almost like perpetual motion machines
(PhysOrg.com) -- As every young science student knows, moving objects have kinetic energy. But just how much energy does something need to move? In a new study, a pair of physicists has shown that it’s ...
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Microbiologist suggests hospitals open windows to reduce bacterial infections
(Medical Xpress) -- Doctor Jack Gilbert, a microbiologist with Argonne National Laboratory, spoke at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, Canada, and among other ...
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Oxford Nanopore announces groundbreaking GridION and MinION gene sequencers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University spinoff company, Oxford Nonopore has announced at this year’s Advances in Genome Biology and Technology conference in Florida, two new machines for sequencing genes. ...
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Study links ultrafast machine trading with risk of crash
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the United States, ultrafast trading in financial markets between 2006 and 2011 was the underlying factor for over 18,000 extreme price changes, according to a new study. Neil Johnson, ...
Feb 19, 2012 |
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DARPA sets aside $7 million for 'Avatar' robot pals in battle
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced this week that it will be setting aside $7 million out of its $2 billion budget to work on a next-step robotics program called ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 18, 2012 |
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Differences in tungsten isotopes show Earth surface formed unevenly
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many versions of early Earth history offer visions of a hot melting mix of materials which would have resulted, after cooling, in a smooth blend of ingredients, much a like a cake after beating ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Research team develops better iron catalyst to help turn plant material into plastic
(PhysOrg.com) -- As most people know, modern plastics are made from crude oil derivatives, making them vulnerable to price and supply fluctuations, which in the end means an alternative must be found in order for the plastics ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Plants may have a single ancestor
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of scientists has analyzed the DNA of primitive microscopic algae, and their findings suggest that all plants on Earth may have had a single ancestor.
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Three studies find IDH enzyme mutations may alter activity leading to growth of cancer tumors
(Medical Xpress) -- Three research teams have published papers in Nature, that together offer evidence suggesting that isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) enzyme mutations may play a role in altering activity that could have a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2012 |
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