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Scientists use Brownian Motion to Explore How Birds Flock Together

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do thousands of fish swim together in giant schools, seemingly moving as a single body? Flocks of birds, herds of beasts, and a variety of other animals in nature seem to share this same ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (37) | comments 11 feature




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A new dimension to DNA and personalized medicine of the future

(Phys.org) -- By investigating the existence of an unusual four-stranded structure of DNA in human cells, scientists have opened the door to novel cancer therapeutics and a new era for personalised medicine.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Architecture of experience

Krystal Tung ’13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this spring’s House musical would be “The Wizard of Oz,” she headed straight for the stage.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The robot revolution is just beginning

When industrial robots were first introduced in the early 1960s — initially on automobile assembly lines — computers were still in their infancy, so the robots were designed to perform only the most ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New detector design improves gamma-ray measurements

(Phys.org) -- In the pursuit of precision measurements, nothing is simple, even when the apparatus employed appears to be utterly uncomplicated. An instructive case in point is the new ionization chamber used ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Online role-playing games hurt marital satisfaction, study says

Online role playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction, according to a new Brigham Young University study to be published February 15th in the Journal of Leisure Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

YouTube spends $100 million to redefine TV

On a recent sun-kissed day, a trio of hot names made a pilgrimage to the ninth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

By the light of January's Wolf Moon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cold-eyed moon rises above Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. It is January. For Native Americans, it is the time of the Wolf Moon.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How we (should) decide: Philosopher aims to develop theories of practical rationality

Caspar Hare is interested in your choices. Not the ones you’ve already made, but the ones you will make, and how you’ll go about making them. The more important, the better.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanoparticles harvest invisible cancer biomarkers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer biologists have long presumed that tumor cells shed telltale markers into the blood and that finding these blood-borne biomarkers could provide an early indicator that cancer is developing somewhere ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Skyward Sword' taking 'Zelda' to new heights

(AP) -- Link is getting a workout. Unlike the button-mashing pursuits in previous installments of the popular Nintendo Co. franchise, "Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" is asking players to flick their wrists, ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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