(Phys.org)—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames Laboratory are learning more about how nano-scale catalytic systems work, and their research could be the key to improved processes for refining biofuels ...
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2012
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A computer program could compare two documents and work spot the differences in their meaning using a fast semantic algorithm developed by information scientists in Poland.
Computer Sciences
Sep 25, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- For the first time, each step an electron takes as it moves along a "wire" from a microbe's interior to the outside world is known, thanks to modeling by University College London and Pacific Northwest National ...
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2012
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A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one of the top unsolved theoretical problems in chemical physics as ranked by the National Research Council in 1995. Scientists now can more accurately predict ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2012
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Mathematicians at the University of York in the UK and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand say they have disproved a widely accepted theory underpinning the operation of complex networks of interactions in the natural ...
Mathematics
Jun 20, 2012
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Simulations of reality would require less memory on a quantum computer than on a classical computer, new research from scientists at the University of Bristol, published in Nature Communications, has shown.
Quantum Physics
May 4, 2012
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Learning to work in teams may explain why humans evolved a bigger brain, according to a new study published on Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2012
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Scientists have discovered "striking similarities" between human brains, the nervous system of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and computer chips.
Evolution
Apr 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In research published in the March 4 issue of the journal Nature, Northeastern University physicists have pioneered the development of large-scale computer simulations to assess how cracks form and proliferate ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research today unveiled a breakthrough method based on a mathematical algorithm that reduces the computational complexity, costs, and energy usage for analyzing the quality of massive amounts of data ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 25, 2010
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