Audio overkill? Some question benefits of 'high-res' music
Its backers say it does for music lovers what ultra high-definition television has done for couch potatoes.
Internet
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Helium 'balloons' offer new path to control complex materials
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to manipulate a wide range of materials and their behavior using only a handful of helium ions.
Condensed Matter
Jun 26, 2015
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Study finds pet owners reluctant to face up to their cats' kill count
Cats are increasingly earning themselves a reputation as wildlife killers with estimates of animals killed every year by domestic cats in the UK numbering into the millions. This new study on the attitudes of cat owners suggests ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2015
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Researchers train computer to create games by watching YouTube
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a computing system that views gameplay video from streaming services like YouTube or Twitch, analyzes the footage and then is able to create original new sections ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 26, 2015
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Fuel-free nanomotor is powered by ultrasound and magnetic fields
(Phys.org)—Nanoscale motors, like their macroscale counterparts, can be built to run on a variety of chemical fuels, such as hydrogen peroxide and others. But unlike macroscale motors, some nanomotors can also run without ...
Researchers successfully transform liquid deuterium into a metal
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at Sandia National Labs working with another team from the University of Rostock in Germany, has succeeded in squeezing liquid deuterium into becoming what appeared to be a metal. ...
Agronomist helps improve Uganda's coffee production
An NDSU crop production expert has been helping Ugandan farmers find ways to increase their country's coffee production.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2015
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A brief history of nukes in space
In just a few short weeks, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will make its historic flyby of Pluto and its moons. Solar panels are unable to operate in the dim nether regions of the outer solar system, and instead, New Horizons ...
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2015
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Shrinking fish sizes in exploited stocks
An experimental study with size-selectively harvested zebrafish that began in 2006 at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin, Germany reveals that size-selective harvesting causes changes ...
Ecology
Jun 26, 2015
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Law enforcement ranks anti-government extremism as most prevalent terrorist threat
U.S. law enforcement agencies rank the threat of violence from anti-government extremists higher than the threat from radicalized Muslims, according to a report released Thursday by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2015
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