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Quantum gas in free fall: Physicists produce a Bose-Einstein condensate at zero gravity Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 12:38PM(PhysOrg.com) -- A sensitive measuring device must not be dropped - because this usually destroys the precision of the instrument. A team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has done exactly this, however. And the researchers want to use this experience to make the measuring instrument even more sensitive.
Humans have a mighty bite: Size matters, but efficiency matters more Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 11:53AMThe robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with major implications for our understanding of diet in ancestral humans.
Zero-point free lunches [Built on Facts] Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 10:13AMGrab a particle and put it in a box. According to elementary quantum mechanics, that particle isn't described by the classical model in which it can have any value of energy as it bounces around. Instead, the possible energy levels of that particle are described by a discrete set. When you measure the energy of that particle in the box, it will always have one of those specific energy levels and ...
Parkinson's disease treatments associated with compulsive behaviors Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 4:21PMPathological gambling, compulsive shopping, binge eating and other impulse control disorders appear to be more common among individuals taking dopamine agonist medications for Parkinson's disease, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Splinter Cell Conviction's killer makeover Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 2:33AMRATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Splinter Cell Conviction. Developer: Ubisoft Montreal. Publisher: Ubisoft. $49.99-$59.99 for PC and Xbox 360. ERSB Rating: Mature. Purists might balk, but Splinter Cell Conviction is the most playable the series has ever been, with the...
Brady Udall's 1998 Esquire article "The Lonely Polygamist" Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 1:29PMThis article, "The Lonely Polygamist," by Brady Udall, appeared in the Feb. 1, 1998, issue of Esquire. The article is being reprinted with the permission of Esquire and the author. read more
Repo Men: Hang on to your high-priced pancreas! Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 7:09AMFilm Review: Repo Men (2 stars): If a movie can be compared to a plane ride — and not, as some critics claim, a roller-coaster ride — then the climax is the destination and the plot is the flight. Repo Men has a fantastic final act — the Club Med of denouements — but the lank, dank storyline that leads to it feels like flying to Australia through a cyclone in a turbo-prop — in coach. The ending ...
Investigators study Framingham's Engine 7 after crash Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 9:26AMInvestigators are checking a "black box," brake lines and the all-wheel steering system as they look for clues into Saturday's Engine 7 rollover that injured four firefighters.
Shrouded in Mystery: Christ’s sheets, Congressional gunfire and Palin’s quest Wednesday, March 31, 2010 @ 12:49PMThe author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from the rabbit hole, wondering if it was the pill or Easter egg, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly. Domestic Terrorists, in Richmond and Russia Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) simply couldn’t stand Democrats getting all of the attention for death ...
Trailblazing Black Scientist Encourages Women To Follow Suit Monday, March 29, 2010 @ 4:12PMHost Michel Martin speaks with Shirley Jackson — president of Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute — and the two discuss being a woman in the male-dominated field. Jackson is the first African-American woman to run a top research university.
Repo Men: Hang on to your high-priced pancreas! Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 8:23AMFilm Review: Repo Men (2 stars): If a movie can be compared to a plane ride — and not, as some critics claim, a roller-coaster ride — then the climax is the destination and the plot is the flight. Repo Men has a fantastic final act — the Club Med of denouements — but the lank, dank storyline that leads to it feels like flying to Australia through a cyclone in a turbo-prop — in coach. The ending ...
Just what is chemical philosophy? Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 1:08PMEric R. Scerri (2008) Collected Papers on Philosophy of Chemistry. Imperial College Press, London. ISBN-13 978-1-84816-137-5: ISBN-10 1-84816-137-9: 248 pages. Price: $101 / 56. Reviewed by: Joseph E. Earley, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. What has philosophy to do with chemistry? Robert Boyle (1627-1691) a founder of modern chemistry had a low opinion of ...
Unprecedented Images Show Betelgeuse Has Sunspots Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 10:43AMCaption:The surface of Betelgeuse in near infrared at 1.64 micron in wavelength, obtained with the IOTA interferometer (Arizona). The image has been re-constructed with two different algorithms, which yield the same details, of 9 milliarcseconds (mas). The star diameter is about 45 milliarcseconds. Credit: Copyright 2010 Haubois / Perrin (LESIA, Observatoire de Paris ...
Copenhagen talks Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 9:16AMWhat are the potential deal-breakers?
There's No Cloning in Football [Uncertain Principles] Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 8:38AMSunday night, the Patriots lost a heartbreaker to the Colts 35-34. The talk of the sports world yesterday was Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fouth-and-two on his own 28 yard line when he was up by six with just over two minutes to play. They didn't get the first down, and turned the ball back over to the Colts, who went on to score a touchdown and win the game. Yesterday's discussion ...
Might Higgs boson be a time-traveling ne'er do well out to destroy the LHC? Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 7:06PMWe've certainly seen our fair share of crackpot theories regarding the Large Hadron Collider, and quite frankly the whole thing is becoming rather old hat. That said, when the New York Times comes up with something as far out as this, we most certainly have to share it with you. It seems that way back in July, 2007 two theoretical physicists (Danish string theory pioneer Holger Bech Nielsen and ...
Review: But seriously, man, the Coens' new movie's a marvel Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 2:13AM"A Serious Man" is a brilliant balance of presentation and substance. It is technically flawless, from its precisely calibrated sound effects to editing that cuts each scene like a samurai sword.
Cosmic Log: Lights, camera ... Hubble! Monday, September 28, 2009 @ 7:08PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: "Hubble 3D" is shaping up as a fitting sendoff for the world's most-loved telescope as well as the most complicated flying machine ever built.
Quantum Chip Helps Crack Code Thursday, September 3, 2009 @ 10:55PM3 September 2009—Modern cryptography relies on the extreme difficulty computers have in factoring huge numbers, but an algorithm that works only on a quantum computer finds factors easily . Today in Science , researchers at the University of Bristol, in England, report the first factoring using this method—called Shor’s algorithm—on a chip-scale quantum computer, bringing the field a tiny step ...
Age of Homo religiosus Thursday, September 3, 2009 @ 7:33AMOur annual God issue is always a bestseller, yet there are many NS readers who think we should have nothing to do with religion. Why?
New method for HIV testing holds promise for developing world Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @ 10:55AMA new technique that detects the HIV virus early and monitors its development without requiring refrigeration may make AIDS testing more accessible in sub-Saharan Africa.
University of Cambridge Unveiled Solar Car Thursday, July 16, 2009 @ 2:55PMCambridge University Eco Racing team's new solar racing car showcases cutting-edge environmentally-friendly technology, applicable to the next generation of electric vehicles.
Quantum Goes Massive Thursday, July 16, 2009 @ 10:16AMAn astrophysics experiment in America has demonstrated how fundamental research in one subject area can have a profound effect on work in another as the instruments used for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) pave the way for quantum experiments on a macroscopic scale.The work is reported in a research article published today, Thursday, 16 July, in New Journal of ...
Opinion: Can Murder And Games Meaningfully Meet? Tuesday, July 7, 2009 @ 10:15AM[Is it possible for games to deal with murder as a dramatic element, and not simply as part of charge-and-kill mechanics? In this editorial, Gamasutra's Christian Nutt examines the deceptively complex issue.]
Opinion: Can Murder And Games Meaningfully Meet? Tuesday, July 7, 2009 @ 7:28AM[Is it possible for games to deal with murder as a dramatic element, and not simply as part of charge-and-kill mechanics? In this editorial, Gamasutra's Christian Nutt examines the deceptively complex issue.] You can't do a murder game. I'm not talking about making more games like Manhunt 2 -- a game that was widely decried and almost banned in its Wii incarnation, for inviting the player to ...
Editorial: Blame shared for flight fiasco Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 11:24AMAnyone who has sat on an almost-full aircraft, parked and waiting for a single obstinately late traveller to show up, will have a distinctly qualified sympathy for the Jetstar passengers barred from boarding a flight this week.
Ultra cold atoms help share quantum information Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @ 6:27PMNew technique could be used to transmit quantum data along optical fibres
Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material Monday, June 1, 2009 @ 11:20AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to the nano requires finding a means to dissipate the heat output of this tiny gadgetry.
UCSB Makes Photon Find Monday, June 1, 2009 @ 3:56AMQuantum research physicists at UCSB have made a scientific breakthrough by controlling particles of light.
Downloads and Upgrades Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 4:02PMIn a joint statement, the companies point out that this venture is a reaction to the needs of researchers using second-generation sequencing platforms with "vast amounts of sequencing data" that requires "many hours and computing resources to manage, distribute, and analyze the data."