The concepts of quantum technology promise to achieve more powerful information processing than is possible with even the best possible classical computers. To actually build efficient quantum computers remains a significant ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 13, 2011
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Ordinarily, embryonic stem cells exist only a day or two as they begin the formation of the embryo itself. Then they are gone.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 13, 2011
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Recent studies have shown that chimpanzees possess many of the cognitive prerequisites necessary for humanlike collaboration. Cognitive abilities, however, might not be all that differs between chimpanzees and humans when ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2011
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A method of monitoring roots rarely used in wetlands will help Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers effectively study the response of a high-carbon ecosystem to elevated temperatures and levels of carbon dioxide.
Environment
Oct 13, 2011
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New doctoral thesis documents that industrial chemicals are transported from the industrialized world to the Arctic via air and sea currents. Here, the cocktail of environmental toxins is absorbed by the sea's food chains ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2011
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New information on the role of insoluble dust particles in forming cloud droplets could improve the accuracy of regional climate models, especially in areas of the world that have significant amounts of mineral aerosols in ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2011
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A new University of Washington study found college students – only weeks away from final exams and in the library – tend to pare use of electronics. It's their way to manage technology that permeates their lives.
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2011
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Interdisciplinary collaborations bring vitality and success to the nation's research enterprise. Such interactions among disciplines also provide robust, real-life experiences for university students.
Other
Oct 13, 2011
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It's no secret that long-distance, west-to-east air travel – Seattle to Paris, for example – can raise havoc with a person's sleep and waking patterns, and that the effects are substantially less pronounced when ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 13, 2011
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Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to 8 billion gallons of gasoline, or 1% of the total energy consumption in the nation. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2011
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