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Scientists learn much about humans from birds' singing lessons

Why wasn't this intruder getting the message? The lord of the manor had warned him repeatedly to back off, with threatening gestures and loud admonitions. But the trespasser just sat there - singing.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves

Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory that are faster, smaller, and more energy efficient ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microchips' optical future

Computer chips are one area where the United States still enjoys a significant manufacturing lead over the rest of the world. In 2011, five of the top 10 chipmakers by revenue were U.S. companies, and Intel, ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain

If you were a blind, cannibalistic sea slug, living among others just like you, nearly every encounter with another creature would require a simple cost/benefit calculation: Should I eat that, do nothing or ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers devise a way to make a simple quantum computer using holograms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just jump from using computers based on circuits to machines based on quantum bits (qubits)? Things would run ever so much faster. Alas, the problem is, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Starlings give clue to irrational preferences

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research into decision-making by European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) may help to explain why many animals, including humans, sometimes exhibit irrational preferences.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoscientists invent better etching technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine yourself nano-sized, standing on the edge of a soon-to-be computer chip. Down shoots a beam of electrons, carving precise topography that is then etched the depth of the Grand Canyon ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Review: Can a smartphone camera do it all?

If you're anything like me, your cellphone and its built-in camera is always on you, while your digital camera gathers dust at home.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 9

Internet archivist seeks 1 of every book written

(AP) -- Tucked away in a small warehouse on a dead-end street, an Internet pioneer is building a bunker to protect an endangered species: the printed word.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Flies remember where to chill out

(PhysOrg.com) -- By recalling landmarks in the environment, a leopard can return to the tree where it stashed its kill and a shopper can find her car in the mall’s parking lot. Fruit flies also commit details of their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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