News tagged with dynamic
Advances in mathematical description of motion
Complex mathematical investigation of problems relevant to classical and quantum mechanics by EU-funded researchers has led to insight regarding instabilities of dynamic systems. This is important for descriptions ...
May 29, 2012 |
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Stock market network reveals investor clustering
(PhysOrg.com) -- The stock price of a company continuously changes, going up or down depending on the collective activity of a large number of investors. Although this process seems fairly straightforward, ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Researchers revolutionize closed captioning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since closed video captioning was developed in the 1970s, it hasn't changed much. The words spoken by the characters or narrators scroll along at the bottom of the screen, enabling hearing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Water, water everywhere: Polarization dramatically affects H2O structure revealed through molecular dynamics simulation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Water is essential to more than its myriad roles in biological, chemical, geological, and other physical processes. Having a precise description of water’s structure is critical to con ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Researchers build flying robotic 'tree helicopter' (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many trees disperse their seeds by releasing "helicopters," those single-winged seeds that are also called "samaras." As these seeds fall to the ground, their wing causes them to swirl and ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Makers of infamous BigDog robot unveil human version - PETMAN (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Uh oh. Boston Dynamics, makers of the BigDog robot that can haul stuff around for the military has released a video of PETMAN, a human version that looks like a combination of the Terminator ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Boston Dynamics unwraps military robot AlphaDog (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston Dynamics has taken the wraps off its newest prototype combat escort, AlphaDog, which was developed with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. Waltham, Massachusetts-based Boston ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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New robot 'Cheetah' breaks land-speed record
(PhysOrg.com) -- Up till now researchers at Boston Dynamics have demonstrated four legged robots that appear meant to carry heavy loads as they tromp through and over rough terrain (e.g. Alpha Dog and Petman, LS3). Now it appears they’ve taken a different approach in looking ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Sand Flea robot is set to leap into reconnaissance (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston Dynamics’ video gallery of troop-supporting robots that trek and haul loads has a new addition that is drawing a sea of impressed viewers. It’s the Sand Flea Robot, an eleven-pound ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Individual typing style gives key to user authentication
Your typing style is as individual as your fingerprints. Being able to use typing style to identify a change in users could be a vital security and forensic support for organisations such as banks, the military ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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Why carbon nanotubes spell trouble for cells
It's been long known that asbestos spells trouble for human cells. Scientists have seen cells stabbed with spiky, long asbestos fibers, and the image is gory: Part of the fiber is protruding from the cell, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2011 |
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Religion on the verge of extinction in many countries: math study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study recently released by a team from Northwestern University and the University of Arizona shows that religion and religious affiliations may be on the verge of extinction in the nine ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Female terrorists' bios belie stereotypes, study finds
Much like their male counterparts, female terrorists are likely to be educated, employed and native residents of the country where they commit a terrorist act, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 15, 2012 |
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Physicists propose solution to constraint satisfaction problems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Maria Ercsey-Ravasz, a postdoctoral associate and Zoltan Toroczkai, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, have proposed an alternative approach to solving difficult constraint ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Gas rich galaxies confirm prediction of modified gravity theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent data for gas rich galaxies precisely match predictions of a modified theory of gravity know as MOND according to a new analysis by University of Maryland Astronomy Professor Stacy McGaugh. ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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