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New '4-D' Transistor Is Preview of Future Computers
December 5, 2012 — A new type of transistor shaped like a Christmas tree has arrived just in time for the holidays, but the prototype won't be nestled under the tree along with the other ... > full story -
Workings of the Brain: After 100 Years, Understanding the Electrical Role of Dendritic Spines
December 5, 2012 — More than a century after they were discovered, researchers still remain in the dark about the precise role of a neuron's dendritic spines. Researchers have recently gained valuable insight into ... > full story -
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Switching With a Few Photons for Quantum Computing
December 5, 2012 — Quantum computing, where bits of information, or "qubits," are represented by the state of single atomic particles or photons of light, won't be of much use unless we can read the results. ... > full story -
Reading History Through Genetics
December 5, 2012 — An engineering study demonstrates a new approach used to analyze genetic data to learn more about the history of populations. The authors, the first to develop a method that can describe in detail ... > full story -
Mobile Browsers Fail Internet Safety Test
December 5, 2012 — How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous websites, according to a recent ... > full story -
Creativity and Linguistic Skills Important for Immersion in World of Warcraft
December 5, 2012 — The sense of immersion in role-play and computer games is sometimes viewed as dangerous, as players’ strong perceptions of fictional worlds are assumed to make them lose contact with reality. ... > full story -
Boosting Heat Transfer With Nanoglue: New Method for Significantly Increasing Heat Transfer Rate Across Two Different Materials
December 4, 2012 — Scientists have developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Results could enable new advances in cooling computer chips and ... > full story -
Bridge to the Quantum World: Dirac Electrons Found in Unique Material
December 4, 2012 — In a discovery that helps clear a new path toward quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have found elusive Dirac electrons in a superconducting ... > full story -
Multiple Media Use Tied to Depression, Anxiety
December 4, 2012 — Using multiple forms of media at the same time -- such as playing a computer game while watching TV -- is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression, scientists have found for the first ... > full story -
Gases from Grasses: Simulations on Ranger Supercomputer Help Researchers Understand Biofuel Reactions
December 4, 2012 — Researchers used computer simulations and laboratory experiments to discover a reaction site on gold-titanium oxides that is responsible for high rates of catalysis relevant to biofuel and fuel cell ... > full story
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