In its current early stage of development, digital memory circuits that use organic elements instead of silicon or other inorganic materials have a seemingly endless list of variables and options to consider, test, and optimize. ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 19, 2010
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We talk about synchronization a lot. We synch up; synch our computers; and get in synch. And synchronous behavior underlies many natural systems, events and phenomena.
General Physics
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often be impaired because a person's hair gets in the way. But now, thanks ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal have identified a new mechanism controlling the transmission of an abnormal signal at the ...
Biochemistry
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Oregon researchers say the landscape of the Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest is threatened by old logging and road-building practices; recent fires and rains have produced erosion rates four times ...
Environment
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The eyes of sheep infected with scrapie - a neurological disorder similar to mad cow disease - return an intense, almost-white glow when they're hit with blue excitation light, according to a research project ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 19, 2010
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Partners in the International Space Station programme have agreed on a new standard for docking systems, which will be capable also of implementing berthing. The agreement allows a range of compatible, but not necessarily ...
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Well-ordered structure or chaotic jumble? That's the choice when water is mixed with a salt and cooled down. Now, thanks to a rule discovered by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A potentially important invasive insect species – the fruit fly Drosophila suzukii, or spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) – winged its way to North and South Carolina this summer. The insect has the ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Backyard stargazers with a telescope or binoculars and a clear night's sky can now inspect the comet that in a little over two weeks will become only the fifth in history to be imaged close up. Comet Hartley ...
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2010
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