The Mental Calculation World Cup is a brutal contest, and one that threatens to fry the neurons of the unprepared. Over the course of a competition, contestants might be asked to add a string of 10 different 10-digit numbers, ...
Mathematics
Aug 4, 2011
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A hard-to-detect but stable form of iron helps convert subsurface plutonium from barely to very soluble, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Rai Enviro-Chem, LLC. Plutonium resides underground ...
General Physics
Aug 4, 2011
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In the workplace they do, according to new research co-authored by University of Notre Dame Management Professor Timothy Judge. But there also is a double standard for women and, yes, a pay gap.
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2011
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In the last few years, electrical utilities have begun equipping their customers’ homes with new meters that have Internet connections and increased computational capacity. One envisioned application of these “smart ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 4, 2011
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Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon -- even Girl Scout Cookies.
Nanomaterials
Aug 4, 2011
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Thinking small and local, not big and global, may help communities ignite long-term economic growth, according to Penn State economists.
Economics & Business
Aug 4, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new approach that organizes previously unused mass spectra from proteomics studies gives scientists the ability to use these spectra to gain more information about proteins in a wide range of organisms. ...
Other
Aug 4, 2011
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Two new rodent fossils were discovered in the arid highlands of southern Bolivia by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 4, 2011
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Scientists at the University of York, using an 'amino acid time capsule', have led the largest ever programme to date the British Quaternary period, stretching back nearly three million years.
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2011
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A little vibration can be a good thing for people who need a sensitive touch.
Engineering
Aug 4, 2011
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