02/07/2012

OK, computation

"It seems like Nature has some secret that lets it make complicated stuff in an effortless way," Stephen Wolfram recently told an audience at Oxford University’s Mathematical Institute.

How scent can net bigger reward for ants in hunt for food

(Phys.org) -- University of Sussex biologists studying Brazilian big-headed ants have discovered how one species uses powerful scent trails to quickly recruit helpers in transporting prized food in a competitive environment ...

NASA's 'Webb-Cam' has double vision for MIRI's arrival

(Phys.org) -- NASA's special "Webb-cam," the camera in a giant clean room at NASA Goddard, now has "double vision," because there are two video cameras now focusing on what's happening with the very first completed instrument ...

SUMI rocket to study the Sun's magnetic fields

(Phys.org) -- On July 5, NASA will launch a sounding rocket mission called the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation or SUMI, to study the intricate, constantly changing magnetic fields on the sun in a hard-to-observe ...

See, feel, hear and control your environment, virtually

It’s not about how much information you have but what you can do with it that matters. This is the case for the deluge of data and information that abounds in today’s fast paced, information technology-dependent ...

Leading retailers take a big bite out of the Canadian retail pie

Canada’s leading retailers take the lion’s share of the nation’s retail economy, according to a new report by Ryerson University’s Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA). According to the centre’s ...

Galaxy harbors many star-snacking black holes

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have found evidence of hundreds of black holes in a galaxy 250 million light years away. The discovery, made with a worldwide network of radio telescopes, gives scientists a new way to find out how ...

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