News tagged with correlations

A new generation of acoustic measurements

NPL scientists have made the first measurements of airborne acoustic free-field pressures using a laser technique based on photon correlation spectroscopy.

Physics / General Physics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iron-based superconductors exhibit s-wave symmetry

(Phys.org) -- Condensed-matter physicists the world over are in hot pursuit of a comprehensive understanding of high-temperature superconductivity, not just for its technological benefits but for the clues ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Non-verbal communication between conductor, musician leads to better music

Musicians execute their performances better when the non-verbal sensorimotor communication between conductor and musician is maximized, according to research published May 9 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists develop first conclusive test to better understand high-energy particles correlations

Researchers have devised a proposal for the first conclusive experimental test of a phenomenon known as "Bell’s nonlocality." This test is designed to reveal correlations that are stronger than any classical correlations, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Quantum strategy offers game-winning advantages, even without entanglement

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum correlations have well-known advantages in areas such as communication, computing, and cryptography, and recently physicists have discovered that they may help players competing in ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

A new technique identifies corpses by comparing the skull with a picture of the subject alive

University of Granada researchers have developed a new forensic identification technique that compares the skull with one or several pictures of the subject while still alive. This system is based on the forensic identification ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rice's 'quantum critical' theory gets experimental boost

New evidence this week supports a theory developed five years ago at Rice University to explain the electrical properties of several classes of materials -- including unconventional superconductors -- that ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Proposed experiment offers new way to generate macroscopic entanglement

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the development of quantum information processing, one of the key requirements is achieving quantum entanglement. But recently, physicists have been investigating other forms of quantum correlations besides ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

A radar for ADAR: Altered gene tracks RNA editing in neurons

To track what they can't see, pilots look to the green glow of the radar screen. Now biologists monitoring gene expression, individual variation, and disease have a glowing green indicator of their own: Brown ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Butterflies: 'Twice-punished' by habitat fragmentation and climate change

New findings by Virginie Stevens (CNRS), Jean Clobert (CNRS), Michel Baguette (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle) and colleagues show that interactions between dispersal and life-histories are complex, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How atoms behave: Characteristics of microstructural avalanches

(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigating how atoms move and rearrange themselves is fundamental to our understanding of the behavior of materials, in particular efforts aimed at engineering materials with enhanced functionality. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Reduced bone density, stunted growth in turtles exposed to common chemical

Manufactured until 1977, and banned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, pentachlorobiphenyls (PCBs) are chemicals still commonly found in the environment because they break down slowly. Now, a ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find a country's wealth correlates with its collective knowledge

(PhysOrg.com) -- What causes the large gap between rich and poor countries has been a long-debated question. Previous research has found some correlation between a nation’s economic prosperity and factors ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 83 | with audio podcast report

Young human-specific genes correlated with human brain evolution

Young genes that appeared since the primate branch split from other mammal species are expressed in unique structures of the developing human brain, a new analysis finds.

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast