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Time found to be fixed to terrain for Papua New Guinea tribe
(Phys.org) -- For most of western history, people have assumed that what is true of “us” in most cases, must be true for “them,” i.e. other groups about which we may actually know little. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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Microsoft's privacy-by-default in IE10 sparks opposition
(Phys.org) -- The Internet browser headache in having to initiate an opt-out exit from advertisers who keep landing on your pages because they think they have a plausible target has turned a corner. Microsoft ...
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BaTboT is up for imitating smart bat maneuvers
(Phys.org) -- Robotics researchers in Spain and the U.S. are studying bats for their design work on drones. Bat wings are highly articulated, with skeletons similar to those of human arms and hands. The researchers ...
Jun 03, 2012 |
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ShakeID tracks touch action in multi-user display
(Phys.org) -- How do you determine who is doing the touching with a multi-user touch display? Microsoft Research has published a paper that presents a technique for doing so. The researchers make their attempt ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 03, 2012 |
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Intel lines up 14 Ivy Bridge processors
(Phys.org) -- A new lineup of 14 Ivy Bridge processors are out of the bag from Intel. Thursday’s announcement by Intel involves new processors for mobile computers and desktops, but special attention ...
Jun 02, 2012 |
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European team bests Chinese record at teleporting distance (Corrected)
(Phys.org) -- A European team of physicists has bested the record set by a team of Chinese researchers last month for distance in teleporting quantum bits (qubits). Where the Chinese team accomplished their ...
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Science journal offers up essays on 8 mysteries in astronomy
(Phys.org) -- Because astronomy and astrophysics are still so much a mixture of theory, conjecture and generally difficult to measure phenomenon, at least as compared with many of the other sciences, one of ...
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Soviet find of water on the Moon in the 1970s ignored by the West
(Phys.org) -- In August 1976 Luna 24 landed on the moon and returned to Earth with samples of rocks, which were found to contain water, but this finding was ignored by scientists in the West.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Transparent phone display has front-and-back touch
(Phys.org) -- Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu attracted attention at this week’s 2012 Wireless Japan expo, with their transparent, dual-sided smartphone touchscreen. This is a see through ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Research team uses a laser frequency comb to calibrate spectrographs
(Phys.org) -- In the never ending quest to find out if there is life out there beyond our own planet, astronomers, astrophysicists and other researchers use all manner of tools to scan the sky looking for ...
May 31, 2012 |
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New eyeglasses allow you to adjust prescription yourself
(Phys.org) -- A new kind of eyeglasses is now available from a British company that allows the wearer to adjust the prescription anytime, anywhere, via small thumb-dials on the sides. Called, Eyejusters, the ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 31, 2012 |
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Nimbus Lab sends up quadrotors for wireless charging (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Nimbus Lab are exploring wireless power transmission as a way to power devices. They have designed and built a custom power-transfer and ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Research shows cue-giving robots help students learn
(Phys.org) -- The well-known fact is that humans can teach robots, but the newer turn in educational circles is all about how robots can teach humans. The stepped-up robots are “animated” and "adaptive" agents that ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 30, 2012 |
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Research group creates longer lived and more efficient quantum memory
(Phys.org) -- One of the main sticking points to creating a true quantum computer capable of performing meaningful work, is the problem of storing quantum state information in memory. Recent efforts have resulted in highly ...
May 30, 2012 |
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Team finds buckyballs grow larger by 'eating' vaporized carbon
(Phys.org) -- Fullerenes were first discovered back in 1985 by a team of physicists vaporizing graphite in helium gas, one class of which, the buckminsterfullerene (C60) named after Buckminster Fuller and ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 30, 2012 |
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