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Physicists Achieve Quantum Entanglement Between Remote Ensembles of Atoms
Physicists Achieve Quantum Entanglement Between Remote Ensembles of Atoms

Physicists have managed to "entangle" the physical state of a group of atoms with that of another group of atoms across the room. This research represents an important advance relevant to the foundations of quantum mechanics and to quantum information science, including the possibility... Read more
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Deciphering the Mystery of Bee Flight
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. Deciphering the Mystery of Bee Flight

One of the most elusive questions in science has finally been answered: How do bees fly? http://hypography.com/gallery//files/9/9/8/bee_thumb.jpgAlthough the issue is not as profound as how the universe began or what kick-started life on earth, the physics of bee flight has... Read more
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3 966 12-10-2005 by Bio-Hazard Go to last post
 
ASU researchers 'wire' DNA to identify mutations
ASU researchers 'wire' DNA to identify mutations

A team of ASU researchers led by Nongjian Tao and Peiming Zhang has developed a new, breakthrough technique for the detection of DNA mutations. http://hypography.com/gallery//files/9/9/8/dna_736334_thumb.jpgTheir results, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy... Read more
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1 1,029 12-08-2005 by somebody Go to last post
 
Alleged 40,000-year-old human footprints in Mexico much, much older than thought
Alleged 40,000-year-old human footprints in Mexico much, much older than thought

Alleged footprints of early Americans found in volcanic rock in Mexico are either extremely old - more than 1 million years older than other evidence of human presence in the Western Hemisphere - or not footprints at all, according to a new analysis published this week in Nature. ... Read more
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0 1,474 12-02-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Engineers discover why toucan beaks are models of lightweight strength
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. Engineers discover why toucan beaks are models of lightweight strength

As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc A. Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now a materials scientist and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering, Meyers... Read more
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0 1,160 11-30-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
3D Switch Controls Plant Processes
3D Switch Controls Plant Processes

For plants, the ability to accurately sense light governs everything from seed germination, photosynthesis and pigmentation to patterns of growth and flowering. http://hypography.com/gallery//files/9/9/8/phytochrome_thumb.jpgNow, for the first time, scientists have obtained a detailed map... Read more
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2 985 11-28-2005 by Turtle Go to last post
 
Famous 40-Year-Old Math Problem Solved
Famous 40-Year-Old Math Problem Solved

For some, spending more than three years working to solve a more than 40-year-old math problem sounds like a nightmare. http://hypography.com/gallery//files/9/9/8/integral.jpgFor University of Missouri-Columbia mathematics professor Steve Hofmann, solving a problem posed by one of the... Read more
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1 1,956 11-28-2005 by Turtle Go to last post
 
The earliest animals had human-like genes
The earliest animals had human-like genes

Species evolve at very different rates, and the evolutionary line that produced humans seems to be among the slowest. The result, according to a new study by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory , is that our species has retained characteristics of a very ancient ancestor... Read more
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Bacteria Which Sense the Earth's Magnetic Field
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. Bacteria Which Sense the Earth's Magnetic Field

It is not only migratory birds that orient themselves to the magnetic field of the Earth. Also bacteria -- supposedly "simple" organisms -- have evolved to be able to take advantage of the magnetic field in their search for optimal living conditions. ... Read more
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1 1,185 11-24-2005 by Turtle Go to last post
 
Early Earth Likely Had Continents, Was Habitable
Early Earth Likely Had Continents, Was Habitable

A surprising new study by an international team of researchers has concluded Earth's continents most likely were in place soon after the planet was formed, overturning a long-held theory that the early planet was either moon-like or dominated by oceans. ... Read more
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0 1,133 11-21-2005 by Tormod Go to last post
 
DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins
DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins

By comparing the genetic code retrieved from 6,000-year-old remains of Adelie penguins in Antarctica with that of modern Adelies living at the same site as their ancestors, an international team of researchers has shown that microevolution, the process of evolutionary change at or below... Read more
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0 829 11-18-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Missing Fossil Link 'Dallasaurus' Found
Missing Fossil Link 'Dallasaurus' Found

When amateur fossil finder Van Turner discovered a small vertebra at a construction site near Dallas 16 years ago, he knew the creature was unlike anything in the fossil record. Scientists now know the significance of Turner’s fossil as the origin of an extinct line of lizards with... Read more
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0 774 11-17-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Mount St. Helens' Recovery Slowed by Caterpillar
Mount St. Helens' Recovery Slowed by Caterpillar

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, it destroyed every living thing around it. Gas, ash and rock, heated to over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, sterilized a 60-kilometer square area, leaving a gray lunar-looking landscape devoid of plants and animals. ... Read more
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0 1,006 11-16-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
Argonne, Notre Dame begin new nuclear theory initiative
Argonne, Notre Dame begin new nuclear theory initiative

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Notre Dame have begun a new collaborative project to explore and explain the physics of rare nuclear isotopes. http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/atomic.jpgThe collaboration,... Read more
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0 647 11-14-2005 by C1ay Go to last post
 
When it comes to babies learning language, the eyes have it
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. When it comes to babies learning language, the eyes have it

Infants begin pulling off an amazing feat sometime in the final three months of their first year of life. They learn an important social interaction by following the gaze of an adult, a step that scientists believe gives babies a leg up on understanding language. ... Read more
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1 1,190 11-13-2005 by Bio-Hazard Go to last post
 
Giant ape lived along-side humans
Giant ape lived along-side humans

A gigantic ape, measuring about 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,200 pounds, co-existed alongside humans, a geochronologist at McMaster University has discovered. http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/gigantopithecus_blacki_hires_thumb.jpgUsing a high-precision absolute-dating... Read more
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Water vapor feedback is rapidly warming Europe
Water vapor feedback is rapidly warming Europe

A new report indicates that the vast majority of the rapid temperature increase recently observed in Europe is likely due to an unexpected greenhouse gas: water vapor. http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/envisat_clouds_thumb.jpgElevated surface temperatures due to other greenhouse... Read more
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3 1,147 11-12-2005 by Southtown Go to last post
 
Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle
Article Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average. Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle

A new theory that explains why the language of our genes is more complex than it needs to be also suggests that the primordial soup where life began on earth was hot and not cold, as many scientists believe. http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/dna_736334_thumb.jpgIn a paper... Read more
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Mathematicians get a handle on centuries old shape
Article Rating: 2 votes, 5.00 average. Mathematicians get a handle on centuries old shape

It has been almost 230 years since French general and mathematician Jean Meusnier's study of soap films - the same kind used by children today to blow bubbles -- led to one of the fundamental mathematical examples in geometric optimization. ... Read more
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Flipped Genetic Sequences Illuminate Human Evolution And Disease
Flipped Genetic Sequences Illuminate Human Evolution And Disease

By comparing the human genome with that of the chimpanzee, man's closest living relative, researchers have discovered that chunks of similar DNA that have been flipped in orientation and reinserted into chromosomes are hundreds of times more common in primates than previously thought. ... Read more
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