News tagged with random effect

Physicists observe 'campfire effect' in blinking nanorod semiconductors

When semiconductor nanorods are exposed to light, they blink in a seemingly random pattern. By clustering nanorods together, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that their combined "on" time is increased ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research finds no evidence that popular slimming supplements facilitate weight loss

New research evaluating the effectiveness of a broad selection of popular slimming supplements sold in pharmacies and health food shops has found no evidence that any of them facilitate weight loss beyond the placebo effect.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Antioxidants do help arteries stay healthy: study

Long-term supplementation with dietary antioxidants has beneficial effects on sugar and fat metabolism, blood pressure and arterial flexibility in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers writing in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Can a formula predict the outcome of a soccer match?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soccer, like most sports, is a game full of surprises and lucky or unlucky breaks. After all, if it was easy to predict the winner of a soccer match, there wouldn’t be much reason to watch ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (21) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

Validity of cost-effectiveness models based on randomized clinical trials

Cost-effectiveness studies are widely used to guide prescribing policy in many countries, as part of health technology assessment programmes. However, a new study published this week in PLoS Medicine by Tjeerd-Pieter van St ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 3

Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

(AP) -- High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 9