Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel and Santa Barbara have made the first experimental breakthrough in quantum physics: Their studies on the "pairing behavior" of electrons have ...
Superconductivity
Dec 1, 2010
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Plans by the coalition government for new social enterprises and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to help build the 'big society' have been given short shrift in online surveys of businesses and business advisers run ...
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2010
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Home prices will remain near their current levels for the next few years, but the United States economy could grow faster in 2011 than the consensus forecast shows, according to predictions made Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the annual ...
Economics & Business
Dec 1, 2010
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Few things annoy a teacher more than a pupil chewing gum in class, but a primary school in southern Germany is now actively encouraging them to do so -- in order to improve their grades.
Other
Dec 1, 2010
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Researchers from the Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC) and other European groups have studied the effects of the presence of dark matter in the Sun. According to their calculations, low mass dark matter particles could ...
General Physics
Dec 1, 2010
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Genome sequencing will have a profound effect on our understanding of genetic biology and could usher in a day when doctor and patient are able to review individual genome sequences to fully personalise medical treatment.
Nanophysics
Dec 1, 2010
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A federal judge has ordered what is believed to be the first-ever destruction of a genetically modified crop in the United States, saying that the altered sugar beets were planted illegally.
Biotechnology
Dec 1, 2010
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Supplying energy is in the process of metamorphosis because people want to know what is the most intelligent and efficient way to utilize all types of energy carriers. German researchers at Fraunhofer put the most common ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 1, 2010
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Southampton researchers have estimated that sea-level rose by an average of about 1 metre per century at the end of the last Ice Age, interrupted by rapid 'jumps' during which it rose by up to 2.5 metres per century. The ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2010
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If you think life's too short, then you're not alone. A team of scientists from Texas set out to find what it would take to live a very long life and they made important discoveries that bring longer life spans much closer ...
Biotechnology
Dec 1, 2010
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