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Runaway anti-matter production makes for a spectacular stellar explosion

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich and a team of collaborators have discovered a distant star that exploded when its center became so hot that matter and anti-matter particle ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 5 | with audio podcast




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Unique approach to materials allows temperature-stable circuits

(Phys.org) -- Sandia National Laboratories researcher Steve Dai jokes that his approach to creating materials whose properties won’t degenerate during temperature swings is a lot like cooking — mixing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Company uses Kinect to create a touchscreen out of any surface (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Ubi Interactive has developed a display system that will convert virtually any surface to a touchscreen display using a conventional projector, a Microsoft Kinect device, and proprietary software ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

MAJORANA, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all

(Phys.org) -- In a cavern almost a mile underground in the Black Hills, an experiment called the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, 40 kilograms of pure germanium crystals enclosed in deep-freeze cryostat modules, will ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report warns of urbanization swell by 2050

We hear and read a lot about our human carbon footprint but what do we know about our urban footprint? According to a new United Nations (UN) report, this urban footprint will expand by another 1.2 million ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Keeping it together: Protecting entanglement from decoherence and sudden death

(PhysOrg.com) -- Decoherence can be metaphorically seen as a quantum fall from grace: When quantum bits, or qubits, are in superposition – such as a single qubit simultaneously having both 1 and 0 values ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry

A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place – a single neural connection in the body wall of flies.

Biology / Other

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research reveals water management and climate change in ancient Maya city

(PhysOrg.com) -- Meticulous mapping and excavations at an ancient cave in the Yucatan Peninsula are revealing the vitality of the site to the ancient Maya – for both religious ritual and human survival. The University ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music

(AP) -- Young people want their music, TV and movies now - even if it means they get these things illegally.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New system allows robots to continuously map their environment

Robots could one day navigate through constantly changing surroundings with virtually no input from humans, thanks to a system that allows them to build and continuously update a three-dimensional map of their ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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