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How to Measure What We Don't Know

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do we discover new things? For scientists, observation and measurement are the main ways to extract information from Nature. Based on observations, scientists build models that, in turn, are used to make ...

Physics / General Physics

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New release of Web-based resource resolves confusion over plant names

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet -- but it might confound scientists interested in understanding the chemical components of its fragrance or discovering where its ancestors grew in the wild.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Cosmic calculations: Advance will help astrophysicists explore where stars are born

A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are bo ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Her majesty's secret

One of the greatest cliches uttered about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is that in 60 years of reigning over us, "she has never put a foot wrong". This may well be true, but how do we know? What do we really ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Several iOS developers welcome Apple's larger-screen iPhone

The sixth-generation iPhone is expected to have a larger screen, and several iOS developers say they would receive that change with a warm welcome.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

UK surveillance could yield window into lives

(AP) -- British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Internet usage patterns may signify depression

(Phys.org) -- In a new study analyzing Internet usage among college students, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have found that students who show signs of depression tend to use the Internet differently ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

300,000 times the strength of the Earth's magnetic field: BLADE's new 14 Tesla magnet

The first researchers to use the new high-field superconducting magnet at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, are searching for “hidden magnetic states”. If found, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 4

The hidden cost of cannabis

(Phys.org) -- Around £200m of electricity is being stolen every year to run illegal cannabis farms across the UK. Phil Butler, Co-Director of Newcastle University’s Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security (CCCS), ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 19

Mission to map 10 million species in 50 years

An incredible 18,000 new plant and animal species are discovered each year. But this number is dwarfed by the estimated 10 million more species yet to be discovered. It sounds like an impossible task, but ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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