News tagged with direction
Review: A mapping contender emerges in MapQuest
(AP) — The summer travel season has arrived in the U.S., and with gas prices going down, it's time to plan a road trip.
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First direct observation of oriented attachment in nanocrystal growth
Berkeley Lab researchers have reported the first direct observation of nanoparticles undergoing oriented attachment, the critical step in biomineralization and the growth of nanocrystals. A better understanding ...
May 24, 2012 |
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FCC drops Google 'Street View' investigation
US government telecom regulators have ended an investigation into Google's "Street View" online mapping service gathering data from private wireless hotspots.
Apr 16, 2012 |
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No-photon laser: Physicists demonstrate 'superradiant' laser design
Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel "superradiant" laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the best conventional visible lasers. This type of laser could boost ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Simulations unravel mysteries of 2009 Jupiter impact
(PhysOrg.com) -- During July of 1994, both amateur and professional astronomers were captivated as comet Shoemaker/Levy 9 broke apart and slammed into the atmosphere of Jupiter. While these types of impacts ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Physicists demonstrate quantum plasmons in atomic-scale nanoparticles
Addressing a half-century-old question, engineers at Stanford have conclusively determined how collective electron oscillations, called plasmons, behave in individual metal particles as small as just a few nanometers in diameter. ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Effect of vegetation die-off tested on tidal marshland
Consisting of densely vegetated platforms raised slightly above sea level, and interwoven by channels of water meandering inland from the coast, tidal marshlands help buffer against strong storm surges, protect against flooding, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Investigators predict, confirm how E. coli bacteria hijack cells' directional mechanism
Working in the emerging field of systems biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers mathematically predicted how bacteria that cause food poisoning hijack a cell's sense of direction and then confirmed those predictions ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Unique languages, universal patterns: Linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese
You don’t have to be a language maven to find the direct object in a basic English-language sentence. Just look next to the verb. Take a simple sentence: “I gave a book to Mary.” In this case ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Google defends privacy plan to US lawmakers
Google, facing pressure from US lawmakers over a new privacy policy, said Tuesday it remains committed to protecting consumer data as it creates a "seamless and easy" Web experience.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Visual nudge improves accuracy of mammogram readings
In 2011 -- to the consternation of women everywhere -- a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Designing wildlife corridors in the digital age
Development is squeezing animals into smaller pockets of land, and without sufficient planning and protection, individual animal populations could find themselves increasingly isolated.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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A 40-year-old puzzle of superstring theory solved by supercomputer
A group of three researchers from KEK, Shizuoka University and Osaka University has for the first time revealed the way our universe was born with 3 spatial dimensions from 10-dimensional superstring theory in which spacetime ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Monitoring the transformation of silver nanowires into gold nanotubes with in situ transmission X-ray microscopy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique for real-time monitoring of the galvanic replacement reaction between silver nanowires and aqueous gold salt solutions using in situ flow-cell transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Service offers transit directions avoiding stairs
(AP) -- An online service that provides transit directions in several cities is now giving New Yorkers an option to avoid stairs.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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