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Physicist uses art to make physics more accessible

Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research associate in UC Santa Barbara's physics ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Seeing color traced back to genetic mutations

From the inside of our heads, it feels as if colors are intrinsic aspects of the outside world and our eyes are beautifully designed to see them. But we humans are merely sampling the possible ways of sensing the spectrum ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Vatican board asked to resign over conference

(AP) -- Members of the Vatican's bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don't support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility were featured at its annual ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

The challenge of making consumers buy electric vehicles

The electric car might not be enjoying a good moment. General Motors Corp. stopped production for five weeks on the Chevy Volt, and sales of new all-electric cars such as the Volt and the Nissan Leaf are dismal. It's further ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Insects master abstract concepts

An insect's brain is capable of constructing and handling abstract concepts. It can even use two different concepts simultaneously in order to make a decision when faced with a new situation.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Vatican and Oxford libraries announce joint digital conversion of some manuscripts, books

More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries.

Technology / Other

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space

(Phys.org) -- Philosophers have debated the nature of time long before Einstein and modern physics. But in the 106 years since Einstein, the prevailing view in physics has been that time serves as the fourth ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (78) | comments 717 | with audio podcast report

Glove designers plan messaging path for deaf-blind

(Phys.org) -- People coping with the double absence of vision and hearing can communicate via mobile devices with the help of a special glove, now under development in Germany’s Design Research Lab. The ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 07, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Physicists mix two lasers to create light at many frequencies

A team of physicists at UC Santa Barbara has seen the light, and it comes in many different colors. By aiming high- and low-frequency laser beams at a semiconductor, the researchers caused electrons to be ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

The mathematics of jury size: Statistical model shows several interesting properties of US jury configurations

Could different jury sizes improve the quality of justice? The answers are not clear, but mathematicians are analyzing juries to identify potential improvements.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast


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