(PhysOrg.com) -- Quasars are galaxies whose very bright cores are thought to contain massive black holes around which disks are actively accreting matter.
Astronomy
Mar 26, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A fireside chat, sharing photos with granddad, a family get-together to play Monopoly on a Sunday afternoon? Digital media designed for the individual has hastened the demise of collective social events, ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 26, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Northeastern University have taken a major step towards being able to grow previously uncultivable bacteria in the lab, the potential key to developing a new generation of highly effective antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Mar 26, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New NASA measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, part of the global ocean conveyor belt that helps regulate climate around the North Atlantic, show no significant slowing over the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2010
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The "exceptionally simple theory of everything," proposed by a surfing physicist in 2007, does not hold water, says Emory University mathematician Skip Garibaldi.
General Physics
Mar 26, 2010
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Positive reports from several points along the consumer electronics business chain showed that people appear willing to spend money on smart phones and other gadgets, and the news helped lift shares of companies from chipmakers ...
Business
Mar 26, 2010
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It just took one word for Apple Inc. to make headlines. "Yep," wrote Apple chief Steve Jobs in an e-mail.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 26, 2010
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A city in Kansas renamed itself "Google." A Florida mayor hopped into a tank full of sharks to impress the Internet titan. Baltimore named a "Google Czar" and scores of towns held "Google Days."
Telecom
Mar 26, 2010
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers have developed a new, advanced data-reduction method -- Stochastic Proper Orthogonal Decomposition -- that will greatly improve the capability to deal with uncertainty in ...
Mathematics
Mar 26, 2010
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University students have developed a computer game that is operated by eye movements, which could allow people with severe physical disabilities to become 'gamers' for the first time, they announce today.
Computer Sciences
Mar 26, 2010
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