New technology can mine data from Instagram to monitor teenage drinking patterns
Instagram could offer a novel way of monitoring the drinking habits of teenagers.
Computer Sciences
Oct 28, 2015
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Researchers use laser to levitate, glowing nanodiamonds in vacuum
Researchers have, for the first time, levitated individual nanodiamonds in vacuum. The research team is led by Nick Vamivakas at the University of Rochester who thinks their work will make extremely sensitive instruments ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 7, 2015
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Earth's magnetic shield is much older than previously thought
Since 2010, the best estimate of the age of Earth's magnetic field has been 3.45 billion years. But now a researcher responsible for that finding has new data showing the magnetic field is far older.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2015
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First measurements taken of South Africa's Iron Age magnetic field history
A team of researchers has for the first time recovered a magnetic field record from ancient minerals for Iron Age southern Africa (between 1000 and 1500 AD). The data, combined with the current weakening of Earth's magnetic ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2015
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Drawing a line between quantum and classical world
Quantum theory is one of the great achievements of 20th century science, yet physicists have struggled to find a clear boundary between our everyday world and what Albert Einstein called the "spooky" features of the quantum ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 21, 2015
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'Summer slide' reduced by letting kids pick their own summer reading
At the end of the school year, districts often send stacks of books home with their students in the hopes of combating the "summer slide," the literacy loss experienced during the long break that hits low-income students ...
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2015
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Thinking alike changes the conversation
As social creatures, we tend to mimic each other's posture, laughter, and other behaviors, including how we speak. Now a new study shows that people with similar views tend to more closely mirror, or align, each other's speech ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2015
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Defects in atomically thin semiconductor emit single photons
Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that defects on an atomically thin semiconductor can produce light-emitting quantum dots. The quantum dots serve as a source of single photons and could be useful for ...
Nanophysics
May 4, 2015
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Generating broadband terahertz radiation from a microplasma in air
Researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have shown that a laser-generated microplasma in air can be used as a source of broadband terahertz radiation.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 24, 2015
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Nanoparticles release drugs to reduce tooth decay
Therapeutic agents intended to reduce dental plaque and prevent tooth decay are often removed by saliva and the act of swallowing before they can take effect. But a team of researchers has developed a way to keep the drugs ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 1, 2015
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