Discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently
A discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently than before is announced in the journal Science this week.
General Physics
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Bee strategy helps servers run more sweetly
Honeybees somehow manage to efficiently collect a lot of nectar with limited resources and no central command — after all, the queen bee is too busy laying eggs to oversee something as mundane as where the best nectar ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 16, 2007
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Dutch researchers demonstrate new control techniques for preventing aircraft crashes
On Wednesday 21 November, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) will demonstrate how improved control techniques can reduce the risk of aircraft crashes. The demonstration involves reconstructing troubled flights – ...
Other
Nov 16, 2007
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Portable electricity, life-like prosthetics on the way
The technology that makes a cell phone vibrate is the same technology that provides more natural movements to prosthetic limbs. A University of Houston research team is working on recreating and enhancing this technological ...
Engineering
Nov 16, 2007
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A new window on the universe
Using new tools to look at the universe, says Patrick Brady, often has led to discoveries that change the course of science. History is full of examples.
General Physics
Nov 16, 2007
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Researchers Study Digg.com to Investigate Collective Attention
In a world where millions of people are bombarded with thousands of messages daily, understanding how some messages become popular among large populations is vital for successful advertising, marketing and journalism strategies.
Reconstructed WW II Code Cracker Colossus Defeated
A monumental achievment in reconstructing Colossus the first code cracker computer used by Allied forces in World War II. In a timed contest between Colossus and the modern PC Colossus was defeated by a modern program and ...
'Cooling down' begins at Svalbard Doomsday Seed Bank
Refrigeration units began pumping chilly air deep into an Arctic mountain cavern today, launching the innovative and critical “cooling down” phase of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in advance of its official opening early ...
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