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Berlin Twitter Wall lets people write on wall

(AP) -- The Berlin Wall is gone, but people can still tag their memories on it online.

Technology / Internet

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Domino Theory: Small steps can lead to big results

(Phys.org) -- What if you could make a world-changing impact with one small act? Would you be more inclined to take that first step if you knew your action would gain momentum when aligned with the actions of others?

Technology / Software

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ultrafast sonograms shed new light on rapid phase transitions

An international team of physicists has developed a method for taking ultrafast 'sonograms' that can track the structural changes that take place within solid materials in trillionth-of-a-second intervals ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Internet muscles in on world's biggest IT fair

Internet players are set to make a big splash at the world's biggest IT fair opening in Germany Monday, likely to widen the event's appeal from a traditional devotion to pure technology.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Space image: Dawn on Vesta

(PhysOrg.com) -- This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows the sun illuminating the landscape of Vesta during a Vestan ‘sunrise’. When this image was obtained the sun had a low angle relative to ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

X-rays reveal why sea urchins are no easy prey

(PhysOrg.com) -- The spine of a sea urchin is 99.9% chalk, a very common material forming tiny crystals that are very hard but easy to break apart. Scientists have now discovered how these marine animals use ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The quantifier: Building software that interprets medical images

Polina Golland’s parents tell the story that, sometime in the early 1980s, when Polina was in junior high, she announced that she wanted to go to MIT. That’s an unusual plan for any 13- or 14-year-old to hatch independently, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New EU project targets first 100GHz optical RAM silicon chips

A new EU project that aims to develop a 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) optical random access memory (RAM) chip has just kicked off. This chip will be the first of its kind.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Speedy 3-D X-rays in the operating room

Having an operation always places strain on patients, and this is especially true of complicated operations. Surgeons use 3-D X-rays to check the results before the patient has left the operating room. This does help to avoid ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Energy, food security to dominate Rio+20: envoy

Boosting energy efficiency and renewables and providing food for a future world of eight billion will dominate next year's UN Rio+20 conference, the talks' co-coordinator said on Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

(AP) -- Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 24, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (28) | comments 97


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