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3 hrs ago | Science Daily

New method for tailoring optical processors

The breakthrough by a team of theoretical and applied physicists and engineers at Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics is described this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Rice University, Nanotechnology, Science

Tue May 21, 2013

The New Zealand Herald

Dan Aykroyd spills Ghostbusters 3 plot details

Could the long-gestating Ghostbusters sequel be inching closer to becoming less of a shape-shifting spectre and more of a tangible reality? There's been talk of a possible third film in the franchise since the release of Ghostbusters 2 back in 1989.

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Related Topix: Science, Hyde Park on Hudson, Year One

ScienceBlogs

The E-Cat is back, and people are still falling for it

Well, I guess it's that season again. The charlatan who claims to have invented a cold fusion device - the same device whose flaws were exposed here two years ago - has just held an "independent test" of his device, and there's now a physics paper out claiming that this device works, and must be powered by some type of nuclear reaction! Look, let's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Science

Science, Industry and Business

Graphene Study Confirms 40-Year-Old Physics Prediction

By James Hedberg for Columbia University. Artistic image illustration of butterfly departing from graphene moire pattern formed on the top of atomically thin boron nitride substrate.

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Related Topix: Columbia University, City University of New York, University of Central Florida

Hartselle Enquirer

Taylor: Focus, positive attitude are keys to success

He's seen how it can work even in the mind of his daughter when she wanted a swimming pool.

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Related Topix: Science

CiteULike

Further exploration of top pair hadroproduction at NNLO

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Related Topix: Science

R & D

Soft matter offers way to study arrangement of ordered materials

A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped droplets that may provide scientists with a new approach for studying fundamental issues in physics, mathematics, and materials.

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science

LaGrange Daily News

LaGrange Academy valedictorian Elizabeth Krizay

She will address the graduating class at the school's ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Callaway Auditorium at the LaGrange College campus.

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Related Topix: LaGrange College, Wake Forest University, Science

USA Today

Group: Ball State science prof teaches Christianity

Ball State University is investigating a complaint that one of its assistant professors in the department of physics and astronomy is preaching rather than teaching.

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Related Topix: Ball State University, Science, Muncie, IN, Astronomy, University of Chicago

Electronic Engineering Times Asia

Capturing 3D images without cameras

A group of physicists from the University of Glasgow's School of Physics and Astronomy has developed a technique called 3D computational imaging or 'ghost' imaging that allows them to produce detailed images of objects in just a few seconds.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Science, Digital Cameras, Electronics

HipHopDx

[Interviews] Young Guru Explains Why New York Hip Hop Is Coming Back

Exclusive: Jay-Z's longtime engineer credits 9th Wonder as inspiration for his GrammyU speaker series & reflects on his first interaction with West Coast Hip Hop.

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Related Topix: 9th Wonder, Hip-Hop, Science, Brentwood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA

Science Daily

Iron-platinum alloys could be new-generation hard drives

One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Davis, CA, Science

Mon May 20, 2013

MediLexicon

Physicist's Tool Has Potential For Brain Mapping

A new tool being developed by UT Arlington assistant professor of physics could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain.

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Related Topix: University of Texas at Arlington, Science, Health

R & D

Competition in the quantum world

University of Innsbruck physicists led by Rainer Blatt and Peter Zoller recent experimentally gained a deep insight into the nature of quantum mechanical phase transitions.

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Related Topix: Science

Science Daily

Advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique

The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority.

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Related Topix: University of Pennsylvania, Astronomy, Science, Brown University, Columbia University

Gizmag

Dark matter, WIMPS, and NASA's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer data

Abell 222/223 galaxies, showing a filament of dark matter stretching between the two galaxies Recently the media has been saturated with overly-hyped reports that NASA's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer may have detected dark matter.

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Related Topix: Science, Gadgets

Scientific American

Stress Makes Gorilla Glass Stronger

Gorilla Glass's residual stress can be explained by observing how the motion of individual atoms affects the entire system of the material Alterations to the usual glass production process, such as putting the material under stress, can introduce effects that linger even after the material hardens.

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Related Topix: Science

New Scientist

A million minutes to rebuild the Large Hadron Collider

IT WOULD be easy to hate this place. It is decrepit and grey, and feels overwhelmingly like a neglected university campus.The fact that the March sky is the colour of damp concrete and releasing sleet that barely falls does not help.

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Related Topix: Science, Science / Technology

Horsetalk

Cavemen had edge over modern horse artists - study

Cavemen may not have invented the wheel, or had any grasp of nuclear physics, but they were better at drawing the walking movement of horses and other four-legged animals than most latter-day artists, research has shown.

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Related Topix: Science

Sun May 19, 2013

Space Ref

Cubesat Constellation May Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements

A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's most important frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget and the extent to which fast-changing phenomena, like clouds, contribute to that imbalance.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Laurel, MD, Science, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Greenbelt, MD, NASA