News tagged with fundamental principles

A long-held assumption confirmed: We can learn a lot from other species' genes

Researchers at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have confirmed the long-held belief that studying the genes we share with other animals is useful. The study, published ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New fundamental limitation restricts position accuracy of quantum objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although the uncertainty principle is probably the most well-known example of a fundamental limitation of measurement precision in quantum mechanics, it is not the only one. In fact, every physical system ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 19 | with audio podcast feature

Engineering researchers study nanostructures from principles to applications

Husband-and-wife researchers Krishnan Venkatakrishnan and Bo Tan are proving that good things really can come in small packages - especially if the package measures one billionth of a metre. Tan is a professor ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCLA geographers urge U.S. to search 3 structures in Pakistan for bin Laden

While U.S. intelligence officials have spent more than seven years searching fruitlessly for Osama bin Laden, UCLA geographers say they have a good idea of where the terrorist leader was at the end of 2001 ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Decrease-radix design principle for multi-valued logic units and its application

A new theory referred to as the Decrease-Radix Design is proposed. And based on this theory, the regulations of making multi-valued logic operation units are presented. The theory has laid down a solid foundation for the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2