(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have uncovered a self-organizing biological principle in the brains of three very different, genetically diverse mammals -- but in all three they found the same mathematically precise "pinwheel" ...
Evolution
Nov 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Galileo first dropped his balls off the top of the Tower of Pisa in the late 16th century, gravity has caused a major headache for mathematicians and physicists down the ages.
General Physics
Nov 4, 2010
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With mountains of cash and some of the world's smartest engineers, Google Inc. has always set aside research and development dollars for futuristic ventures that appear to have little in common with its core business of Internet ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 4, 2010
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They call it the "Jaws" effect. Inspired by the 1975 movie about a great white shark that terrorized a tourist town, legions of fishermen piled into boats and killed thousands of the ocean predators in shark fishing tournaments.
Ecology
Nov 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Black holes are voracious: They devour large amounts of matter from gas clouds or stars in their neighbourhood. As the incoming "food" spirals faster and faster into the abyss, it becomes denser and denser, ...
Plasma Physics
Nov 4, 2010
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Foursquare is one of the hottest tech startups around but few Americans are using it or similar location-based services, according to a report released on Thursday.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 4, 2010
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The Dutch government said Thursday it will not allow oil giant Shell to store millions of tonnes of arbon dioxide in a depleted gas reservoir under a small town, upholding the fears of townspeople.
Environment
Nov 4, 2010
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The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) will provide expertise to a multi-year technology investment program to develop the next generation of extreme scale supercomputers.
Hardware
Nov 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- HaloIPT has recently demonstrated wireless charging of electric vehicles in London using their inductive power transfer technology. The company fitted Citroen electric cars with receiver pads on the underside ...
There are a lot of futuristic things we're still waiting on: jet packs for the entire family, self-driving cars and time-travel, to name a few. But one new, pretty darn amazing bit of technology has finally come to fruition, ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 4, 2010
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