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New data still have scientists in dark over dark matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- A dark-matter experiment deep in the Soudan mine of Minnesota now has detected a seasonal signal variation similar to one an Italian experiment has been reporting for more than a decade.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

3M to acquire Cogent for about $943 million

(AP) -- 3M Co., the conglomerate whose products range from Post-Its to respirators, computer arms and films for LCD TV screens, is trying to expand into the security market by buying Cogent Inc. for about ...

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created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices

(AP) -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds.

Technology / Other

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research duo calculate possible number of WIMPs striking our bodies

(Phys.org) -- Katherine Freese and Christopher Savage from the University of Michigan and Stockholm University respectively have embarked on a whimsical bit of physics research. They’ve been estimating ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Tokyo subway attack responses 'eroded freedoms'

The 1995 terrorist atrocity on the Tokyo Subway which killed thirteen people has led to a worrying erosion of religious freedom in Japan, according to one of Britain’s leading scholars in Japanese studies.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nonprofit to help Megaupload users retrieve data

(AP) -- Users of the file-sharing website Megaupload who feared their data could be deleted as early as Thursday have a reprieve after a nonprofit group stepped in at the eleventh hour.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Feds: Megaupload user data could be gone Thursday

Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday.

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Physicists set strongest limit on mass of dark matter

Brown University physicists have set the strongest limit for the mass of dark matter, the mysterious particles believed to make up nearly a quarter of the universe. The researchers report in Physical Review Le ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 43 | with audio podcast

CRESST team finds new 'evidence' of dark matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the never ending search for proof that dark matter really exists, new findings have emerged from a team working under a big mountain in Italy. The group, from the Max Planck Institute in ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 92 | with audio podcast report

New paper offers another approach to proof that dark matter exists

(PhysOrg.com) -- In yet another stab at trying to prove the existence of dark matter, Dan Hooper and colleagues have published a paper on arXiv describing what they believe to be credible evidence of the material believed to com ...

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 63 | with audio podcast weblog

Minnesota researcher's findings on dark matter jibe with Italy's DAMA/LIBRA claims

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sparking controversy in the small circle of physicists working to resolve the issue of whether dark matter actually exists, Juan Collar, spokesman for the CoGeNT project in the Soudan mine in Minnesota, spok ...

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created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

Probing Question: Is Latin valuable for today's students?

Yale University's famous motto is Lux et Veritas, Latin for "light and truth" while Princeton's crest reads Dei Sub Numine Viget ("Under God's power she flourishes"). The University of Pennsylvania based its cautionary ...

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created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6


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