The normal (B-form) DNA will switch to left-handed DNA when it is physically twisted, or when a lot of salt is added to the solution. Researchers at the University of Luxembourg were able to accurately calculate for the ...

Chemistry - Other

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—In the stratosphere of high-performance supercomputing, a team led by Sandia National Laboratories is designing an operating system that can handle the million trillion mathematical operations  per second of ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Dec 20, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org)—Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 20, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—Smaller ant colonies tend to live faster, die younger and burn up more energy than their larger counterparts, as do the individual ants that make up those colonies, according to new research that views the colonies ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 19, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of Southampton have called in to question a 40 year-old theory explaining the periodic speeding up or 'glitching' of pulsars.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Dec 18, 2012 5 / 5 (11) 7 |

Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) have taken part in a research project that describes, for the first time, that laws that govern the development of certain complex natural patterns, ...

Physics - General Physics

Dec 18, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

(Phys.org)—Ethologists – those who study animal behavior under natural conditions – have long recognized that groups of various species, or animal collectives, use a variety of decision-making system ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 18, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

One milligram per hour: fluid flow can be measured with great precision using a tiny 'wobbling' tube with a diameter of only 40 micrometres. Thanks to a new technique, the sensor, which makes use of the 'Coriolis ...

Physics - General Physics

Dec 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—December 22 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician renowned for somehow intuiting extraordinary numerical patterns and connections without the ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Dec 17, 2012 4.9 / 5 (32) 3 |

Observations from 'Curiosity' when Mar's moon Phobos crosses in front of the sun, like in September, help us to understand exactly where the rover is on the red planet. Researchers at the Complutense University ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 5

As plug-in electric vehicles become an ever more central part of America's daily life, University of Notre Dame researchers are anticipating what that development will mean for the nation's power grid.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 1

Two new education performance reports released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) have painted a bleak picture of Australia's student literacy and science and mathematics achievement, wit ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org)—In the run-up to the last election warnings about computer hacking were rampant. Experts demonstrated how the hardware in voting machines could be modified. Touch-screen machines visibly changed votes. One possibility ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Dec 11, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 2 |

More than 100 academic institutions and scholarly societies have joined in a major world-wide initiative: Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) 2013. This year-long effort will highlight the contributions made by mathematics ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Dec 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Mathematics has provided an answer for those striving for the perfect Christmas tree, Britain's University of Sheffield says.

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Dec 06, 2012 1.2 / 5 (6) 3