Closest Look Ever at the Edge of a Black Hole
Space & Earth science / Astronomy
Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way. By combining telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California, they detected structure at ...
New probe could aid quantum computing
Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. Ever since ...
Next stop: The fourth dimension
Sep 03, 2008 |
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How did the universe come to be? What is it made of? What is mass? Can science prove that there are other dimensions? We may have answers soon.
Fermilab physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (Ωb). The particle contains ...
Invisibility undone: Chinese scientists demonstrate how to uncloak an invisible object
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Harry Potter beware! A team of Chinese scientists has developed a way to unmask your invisibility cloak. According to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, certai ...
Not enough space: The dicey game of storing, backing up files
Sep 03, 2008 |
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About five years ago, a technical disaster struck Fernando Santos: His computer hard drive failed. The San Francisco resident lost everything on it and had to reformat his drive. "I lost a lot of nice pictures," said Santos, ...
Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study.
Trichoplax genome sequenced -- 'rosetta stone' for understanding evolution
Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale molecular and evolutionary biologists in collaboration with Department of Energy scientists produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature's most primitive multicellular organi ...
Internet phone fits inside laptop
Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 03, 2008 |
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There are literally dozens of Internet phone services these days. These services use a technology known as Voice over Internet Protocol, or more commonly "VoIP." The idea behind VoIP is fairly simply to understand ...
Warmer seas linked to strengthening hurricanes
Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences
Sep 03, 2008 |
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The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study led by a Florida State University researcher. The study will be ...
