(Phys.org)—While the performance of electronic memory devices degrades at high temperatures, a newly proposed memory actually requires temperatures in excess of 600 K to operate. Called NanoThermoMechanical memory, the ...
Researchers have shed light upon the mode of action of the light-controlled channelrhodopsin-2 with high spatiotemporal resolution. This biomolecule is used in optogenetic applications, which is deployed to control the activity ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 7, 2015
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Poverty measures reported at the national level don't provide a full picture of where the world's poorest live. New research from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford has revealed ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2015
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Growing winegrapes may be the most backward form of horticulture that exists. The vast majority of the world's production uses only about 20 cultivars out of thousands of available grape varieties. The wine industry is convinced ...
Biotechnology
Jan 7, 2015
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A cluster of small earthquakes rattled a Dallas suburb for a second day Wednesday as experts turned to seismic data to help determine why.
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A small group of researchers working in conjunction with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has found that for at least one type of ant, the specialization hypothesis appears to apply regarding ...
Good fast bowlers add plenty of spice to the game of cricket but they're also prone to bowling no-balls. If they just started their run ups from a little further back most could probably eliminate no-balls altogether, so ...
Mathematics
Jan 7, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Officials at the International Earth Rotation Service have announced that a leap second will be added to the year this summer to allow for syncing up atomic clock time with the Earth's rotational time. The announcement ...
The latest instalment of wildly popular videogame Call of Duty, Advanced Warfare, shows the narratives of today's games can reveal the motives behind real-world politics.
Other
Jan 7, 2015
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A newly discovered planet has been observed with the Allen Telescope Array in a search for radio signals that would betray technically sophisticated inhabitants, but no transmissions have been detected.
Astronomy
Jan 7, 2015
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