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Unique gold earring found in intriguing collection of ancient jewelry in Israel

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have recently discovered a collection of gold and silver jewelry, dated from around 1100 B.C., hidden in a vessel at the archaeological site of Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Proposed Quantum Computer Consists of Billions of Electron Spins

(PhysOrg.com) -- While researchers have already demonstrated the building blocks for few-bit quantum computers, scaling these systems up to large quantum computers remains a challenge. One of the biggest problems ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 23 feature

Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing

Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists use Brownian Motion to Explore How Birds Flock Together

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do thousands of fish swim together in giant schools, seemingly moving as a single body? Flocks of birds, herds of beasts, and a variety of other animals in nature seem to share this same ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (37) | comments 11 feature

Discovery could challenge established theory of the nucleus

(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing data from experiments performed earlier this decade at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA), physicists have made observations that seem to conflict with the widely accepted theory ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (58) | comments 65 | with audio podcast report

Tool detects patterns hidden in vast data sets

Researchers from the Broad Institute and Harvard University have developed a tool that can tackle large data sets in a way that no other software program can. Part of a suite of statistical tools called MINE, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study finds small groups demonstrate distinctive 'collective intelligence' when facing difficult tasks

When it comes to intelligence, the whole can indeed be greater than the sum of its parts. A new study co-authored by MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and Union College researchers documents the existence of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Plasmonic Promises: First Observation of Plasmarons in Graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- The energy bands of complex particles known as plasmarons have been seen for the first time by scientists working with graphene at the Advanced Light Source. Their discovery may hasten the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Israeli library uploads Newton's theological texts

He's considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time. But Sir Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian who applied a scientific approach to the study of scripture, Hebrew and Jewish mysticism.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 42

Whether tweets live or die depends more on network, competition for attention than message or user influence

On the global social media stage, it's not so much the message but rather network structure and competition for attention that determine whether a meme becomes popular and shows staying power or whether it ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Analysis of Flickr photos could lead to online travel books

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos taken by more than 300,000 photographers from around the globe, using a supercomputer at the Cornell Center ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Scientists discover the molecular heart of collective behavior

Birds flock. Fish gather in schools. Bees swarm. Even amoebae clump together in mystifyingly clever constellations. Scientists have long wondered what is happening at the cellular and molecular level to bring about this amazing ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'Lost' Darwin fossils rediscovered

A rare collection of fossils, including some collected by Charles Darwin, has been 'rediscovered' at the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When ions get closer: New physical attraction between ions in quantum plasmas

Nowadays, ever smaller and more powerful computer chips are in demand. German physicists have discovered a new physical attraction that accelerates this progress.

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices

If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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