News tagged with jigsaw puzzle

Copepods eat their own weight belts

Scientists have solved the mystery of how tiny marine crustaceans called copepods regulate the rhythms of their life-cycle.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineers solve energy puzzle

University of Toronto materials science and engineering (MSE) researchers have demonstrated for the first time the key mechanism behind how energy levels align in a critical group of advanced materials. This discovery is ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Crowd welcomes home, thanks final shuttle crew

(AP) -- It may have been the final big official event of the last space shuttle mission, but a welcome-home and thank-you party for the crew of Atlantis Friday wasn't dwelling on any sad ending.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Computer software sets new record for solving jigsaw puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Completing jigsaw puzzles is a challenging and popular hobby, but now scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. and Tel Aviv University in Israel have for ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Study Pits Man v Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million Years Old Jigsaw

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0