How does a quantum particle see the world?
Researchers at the University of Vienna study the relevance of quantum reference frames for the symmetries of the world
Quantum Physics
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Battle of the video speakers: Amazon Echo Show vs. Google Home Hub
The battle of the video speakers begins in earnest today.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 23, 2018
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Bioinformaticians examine new genes the moment they are born
Accumulating evidence suggests that new genes can arise spontaneously from previously non-coding DNA instead of through the gradual mutation of established genes. Bioinformaticians at the University of Münster (Germany) ...
Evolution
Sep 12, 2018
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International Astronomical Union agrees on a new reference frame for directions in space
In the future, when spacecrafts are sent to other planets or when the rotation of planet Earth is studied, a new reference frame will be used. On 30 August, at the General Meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...
Astronomy
Aug 31, 2018
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Physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films
The U.S. conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962, with multiple cameras capturing each event at around 2,400 frames per second. But in the decades since, around 10,000 of these films sat idle, scattered ...
General Physics
Mar 16, 2017
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Molecular imaging hack makes cameras 'faster'
A new Rice University technique grabs images of chemical processes that happen faster than most laboratory cameras are able to capture them.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 17, 2016
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Academic journal articles with 'clickbait-y' characteristics are shared more widely
According to a recent study, journal articles whose titles contain 'clickbait-y' characteristics are shared more widely. Analysing over 2000 titles from articles published in Frontiers in Psychology in 2013 and 2014, researcher ...
Other
Aug 17, 2016
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Six-story building put to earthquake test (Update)
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego rocked and rattled a six-story steel frame building on a giant shake table Wednesday to see how the structure would withstand major earthquakes.
Earth Sciences
Jun 16, 2016
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DNA shaping up to be ideal framework for rationally designed nanostructures
A cube, an octahedron, a prism—these are among the polyhedral structures, or frames, made of DNA that scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed to connect nanoparticles ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2016
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NASA contributes to global standard for navigation, studies of Earth
The surface of Earth is constantly being reshaped by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, changes in sea levels and ice sheets, and other processes. Since some of these changes amount to only millimeters per ...
Space Exploration
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