Discovery Brings New Type Of Fast Computers Closer To Reality

Discovery Brings New Type Of Fast Computers Closer To Reality

  1:10:00 AM    Science Lover

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Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called “excitons” that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely fast computer based on excitons closer to reality. Alex High...

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Happy Birthday Google! ... Or Is it Goog11e?

Happy Birthday Google! ... Or Is it Goog11e?

  12:28:00 PM    Science Lover

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Giant Search Engine Celebrates 'When People Feel Like Having Cake' Why does "Google" have two "l"s in its name today? Mousing over the altered logo "Googlle" -- or is it "Goog11e"? -- reveals the alt text, "Google's 11th Birthday," a milestone Google is celebrating this...

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Peruvian Glacial Retreats Linked To European Events Of Little Ice Age

Peruvian Glacial Retreats Linked To European Events Of Little Ice Age

  10:23:00 AM    Science Lover

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A new study that reports precise ages for glacial moraines in southern Peru links climate swings in the tropics to those of Europe and North America during the Little Ice Age approximately 150 to 350 years ago. The study, published this week in the journal Science, "brings...

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Ancestral Populations Of India And Relationships To Modern Groups Revealed

Ancestral Populations Of India And Relationships To Modern Groups Revealed

  10:55:00 AM    Science Lover

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In a study published in the September 24th issue of Nature, an international team describes how they harnessed modern genomic technology to explore the ancient history of India, the world's second most populous nation. A map showing the groups across India included in...

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How We Know A Dog Is A Dog: Concept Acquisition In The Human Brain

How We Know A Dog Is A Dog: Concept Acquisition In The Human Brain

  10:35:00 AM    Science Lover

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A new study explores how our brains synthesize concepts that allow us to organize and comprehend the world. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 24th issue of the journal Neuron, uses behavioral and neuroimaging techniques to track how conceptual knowledge...

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Invading Black Holes Explain Cosmic Flashes

Invading Black Holes Explain Cosmic Flashes

  1:15:00 AM    Science Lover

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Black holes are invading stars, providing a radical explanation to bright flashes in the universe that are one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy today. Artist's concept: In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen...

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Changes In Earth's Ozone Layer Predicted To Increase UV Radiation In Tropics And Antarctica

Changes In Earth's Ozone Layer Predicted To Increase UV Radiation In Tropics And Antarctica

  1:01:00 AM    Science Lover

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Physicists at the University of Toronto have discovered that changes in the Earth’s ozone layer due to climate change will reduce the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in northern high latitude regions such as Siberia, Scandinavia and northern Canada. Other regions of...

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Earth-like rocky planet found outside solar system

Earth-like rocky planet found outside solar system

  10:56:00 PM    Science Lover

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Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand - if only it weren't so broiling hot. Image by Royalty-free image collection via Flickr As scientists search the skies for life elsewhere, they have found more than 300 planets...

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Molecular Evidence Supports Key Tenet Of Darwin's Evolution Theory

Molecular Evidence Supports Key Tenet Of Darwin's Evolution Theory

  11:35:00 AM    Science Lover

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An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution. Artist's rendering of a human cell. As a model system, the research focused...

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Fotobounce

Fotobounce

  1:09:00 AM    Science Lover

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A simple way to automatically tag all your photos and upload them to Facebook or Flickr; and an even easier way to download entire albums of your friends’ photos! Today’s software will appeal to those who use online photo-sharing services to upload their own images or...

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Star-shaped Cells In Brain Help With Learning

Star-shaped Cells In Brain Help With Learning

  3:54:00 PM    Science Lover

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Every movement and every thought requires the passing of specific information between networks of nerve cells. To improve a skill or to learn something new entails more efficient or a greater number of cell contacts. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology...

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Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Efficient Solar Cells

Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Efficient Solar Cells

  1:37:00 PM    Science Lover

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Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops.In a carbon nanotube-based...

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A robot that can take decisions

A robot that can take decisions

  10:02:00 PM    Science Lover

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Robots that can make their own decisions have so far been confined to science fiction movies, but a child sized figure with big eyes and a white face is trying hard to turn fiction into reality.Its name is iCub and scientists are hoping it will learn how to adapt its behavior...

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Nanoelectronic Transistor Combined With Biological Machine Could Lead To Better Electronics

Nanoelectronic Transistor Combined With Biological Machine Could Lead To Better Electronics

  9:44:00 PM    Science Lover

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If artificial devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency.An artist's representation of a nanobioelectronic device incorporating alamethycin biological pore. In the core of the device...

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Lasers Generate Underwater Sound: Potential For Naval And Commercial Underwater Acoustic Applications

Lasers Generate Underwater Sound: Potential For Naval And Commercial Underwater Acoustic Applications

  9:34:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics. The new technology uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sound. The new acoustic source has the potential to expand and improve both Naval and...

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Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope

  9:28:00 PM    Science Lover

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A new method for “recycling” hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.Ammonia borane (AB) is a potential hydrogen releasing fuel. In this Los Alamos National Laboratory graphic, the AB would be used on-board the...

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That Late-night Snack: Worse Than You Think

That Late-night Snack: Worse Than You Think

  9:12:00 PM    Science Lover

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Eat less, exercise more. Now there is new evidence to support adding another "must" to the weight-loss mantra: eat at the right time of day.Eating at irregular times -- the equivalent of the middle of the night for humans,when the body wants to sleep -- influences weight...

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