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A Mathematical Study of the Famous Dirac Equation That Describes Particles
January 7, 2013 In 1928 the British physicist Paul Dirac put forward one of the fundamental equations that we use today to mathematically describe a spin one-half particle from a relativistic point of view. The ... > full story -
From the Amazon Rainforest to Human Body Cells: Quantifying Stability
January 6, 2013 The Amazon rainforest, energy grids, and cells in the human body share a troublesome property: They possess multiple stable states. When the world's largest tropical forest suddenly starts retreating ... > full story -
Computer Scientists Find Vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP Phones
January 4, 2013 Researchers have found vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP telephones, recently demonstrating how they can insert malicious code into a Cisco VoIP phone (any of the 14 Cisco Unified IP Phone models) and ... > full story -
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When Will Genomic Research Translate Into Clinical Care -- And at What Cost? New Study Applies Quantitative Modeling to Genomics
January 4, 2013 Researchers find that the same tools that can successfully predict hurricanes and election outcomes can be applied to pharmacogenomics and clinical ... > full story -
Basic Math Skills Linked to PSAT Math Success
January 4, 2013 New research provides brain imaging evidence that students well-versed in very basic single digit arithmetic (5+2=7 or 7-3=4) are better equipped to score higher on the Preliminary Scholastic ... > full story -
Finding Chicago's Food Gardens With Google Earth
January 3, 2013 Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities. However, up to now, no one has ... > full story -
Jumping Droplets Help Heat Transfer: Scalable Nanopatterned Surfaces for More Efficient Power Generation and Desalination
January 3, 2013 Many industrial plants depend on water vapor condensing on metal plates: In power plants, the resulting water is then returned to a boiler to be vaporized again; in desalination plants, it yields a ... > full story -
Turning Smartphones Into Secure and Versatile Keys
January 3, 2013 It's already possible to open doors using an app -- but we are a long way from seeing widespread acceptance of this in the market. Now, researchers have developed a piece of software that will make ... > full story -
How Computers Push on the Molecules They Simulate
January 3, 2013 Simulations are essential to test theories and explore what's inaccessible to direct experiment. Digital computers can't use exact, continuous equations of motion and have to slice time into chunks, ... > full story -
Video Analysis: Detecting Text Every Which Way
January 3, 2013 Software that detects and extracts text from within video frames, making it searchable, is set to make a vast resource even more ... > full story
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