(AP)—Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue—poetry.

Technology - Internet

May 17, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —A protein-folding simulation shows that the debated theory of long-term evolution is not only possible, but that the outcomes are predictable. The Stanford experiment provides a framework for ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 18, 2013 4.6 / 5 (20) 25 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and the University of Crete in Greece have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1000 times faster than currently used ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Apr 03, 2013 4.9 / 5 (23) 7 |

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a spiral galaxy in the early universe, billions of years before many other spiral galaxies formed. In findings reported July 19 in the journal Nature, the as ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jul 18, 2012 4.8 / 5 (38) 82 |

(Phys.org)—At a cryptography gathering in Leuven, Belgium, on Tuesday, Cambridge University researchers made it known that they do not like what they see in chip and pin systems. Banks rely on customer ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Sep 13, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 4 |

(Phys.org)—The transparent electronics that were pioneered at Oregon State University may find one of their newest applications as a next-generation replacement for some uses of non-volatile flash memory, a multi-billion ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Sep 14, 2012 4.7 / 5 (15) 0 |

Ad hoc networks—communication networks set up on the fly by mobile sensors—pose problems that ordinary office networks don't. Ad hoc networks are usually decentralized, meaning that no one node knows ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jan 09, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 6 |

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new microscope able to view and measure an important but elusive property of the nanoscale magnets used in an advanced, experimental form ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 15, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —The sequence of images that constitute Hollywood movies can be stored handily on solid-state media such as magnetic tape or compact diskettes. At the Joint Quantum Institute images can be stored ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Mar 28, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 4 |

Big data needs big power. The server farms that undergird the Internet run on a vast tide of electricity. Even companies that have invested in upgrades to minimize their eco-footprint use tremendous amounts: ...

Technology - Software

Jul 19, 2012 4.8 / 5 (23) 23 |

(Phys.org)—Individual freedom and social responsibility may sound like humanistic concepts, but an investigation of the genetic circuitry of bacteria suggests that even the simplest creatures can make difficult choices ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Understanding how and why diversification occurs is important for understanding why there are so many species on Earth. In a new study published on 19 February in the open access journal PLOS Biology, researchers show that s ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 19, 2013 3.6 / 5 (12) 199 |

(Phys.org)—One of the unsolved mysteries of contemporary science is how highly organized structures can emerge from the random motion of particles. This applies to many situations ranging from astrophysical ...

Physics - General Physics

Oct 05, 2012 4.6 / 5 (14) 23 |

(Phys.org)—For the first time, researchers have designed a special material interface that has been shown to add to and to improve the functioning of non-silicon-based electronic devices, such as those ...

Physics - General Physics

Feb 19, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Homing pigeons are usually remarkably efficient navigators, however, on rare occasions, things go drastically wrong. So, when Jon Hagstrum of the US Geological Survey read in his local newspaper about two ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 30, 2013 4.3 / 5 (8) 0 |