World's first all rubber speaker

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 01:21:37 PM. © Top stories

World's first all rubber speaker made from artificial muscles is thin, soft and bassy.

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Finding may lead to engineered organs

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 01:10:22 PM. © Top stories

Biologists have teamed up with mechanical engineers from the University of Texas at Dallas in cell research that provides information that may one day be used to engineer organs.

The research, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sheds light into the mechanics of cell, tissue and organ formation. The research revealed basic mechanisms about how a group of bacterial cells can form large three-dimensional structures.

Subject:

Biology & Aging

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Surprising trend in galaxy evolution discovered

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 01:04:30 PM. © Top stories

A comprehensive study of hundreds of galaxies observed by the Keck telescopes in Hawaii and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unexpected pattern of change that extends back 8 billion years, or more than half the age of the universe.

Subject:

Astronomy/Cosmology

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Breakthrough offers new route to large-scale
quantum computing

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 12:59:43 PM. © Top stories

In a key step toward creating a working quantum computer, Princeton researchers have developed a method that may allow the quick and reliable transfer of quantum information throughout a computing device

The finding, by a team led by Princeton physicist Jason Petta, could eventually allow engineers to build quantum computers consisting of millions of quantum bits, or qubits. So far, quantum researchers have only been able to manipulate small numbers of qubits, not enough for a practical machine.

Subject:

Computer Science

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Exploring how the brain perceives direction and
location

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 12:56:32 PM. © Top stories

The Who asked "who are you?" but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube asks "where are you?" and "where are you going?" Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. Rather, he is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one's location and direction.

Subject:

Brain & Behavior

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Science reveals the power of a handshake

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 12:52:34 PM. © Top stories

New neuroscience research is confirming an old adage about the power of a handshake: strangers do form a better impression of those who proffer their hand in greeting.

Subject:

Brain & Behavior

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Directing change: How do they do it

post from Top stories on 20 October 2012 12:48:34 PM. © Top stories

In the long run, all organisms must adapt to survive as their surroundings do not remain constant for ever. The major difficulty with understanding adaption relates to the length of time required for experiments: evolution is by its very nature a gradual process. Fortunately, however, recent breakthroughs in experimental evolution using model organisms are providing important insights into the process.

Subject:

Evolution

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Decade-Long Study Suggests Multivitamins Lower
Cancer Risk

If you diligently take your multivitamin every day believing it’s got to help somehow, a new study has got your back. In a recently completed large clinical trial of older men, a link was established between taking a daily multivitamin and a moderate decrease in cancer rates. Specifically, nearly 15,000 U.S. [...]

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Endeavours final voyage

The Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour made its way from LAX to the California Science Center a few days ago. A huge throng of people showed up to watch and take pictures. Among them was Matthew Givot and his team, who took many thousands of pictures, and[...]

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why cyberwarfare wont have a battle of
thermopylae

post from weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown on 20 October 2012 06:10:22 AM. © weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown

While reporting about cyberwarfare and information security has been getting better and better as of late, there are still some articles that posit baffling ideas about how to prevent a massive cyber attack launched by a government. The strange idea in question this time is one which has a good starting point, but ends up [...]

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