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Spintronics Discovery: Scientists Find New 'Magic' in Magnetic Material
May 8, 2013 Researchers have reported a fundamental finding that will help advance the development of next-generation electronics called ... > full story -
Hit a 90 Mph Baseball? Scientists Pinpoint How We See It Coming
May 8, 2013 How does San Francisco Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval swat a 95 mph fastball, or tennis icon Venus Williams see the oncoming ball, let alone return her sister Serena's 120 mph serves? For the first ... > full story -
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Speed Test of Quantum Versus Conventional Computing: Quantum Computer Wins
May 8, 2013 A quantum computer system is “thousands of times faster” than conventional computing in solving an important problem type, a computer science professor ... > full story -
A Trick to Fold Proteins More Quickly: 'Clever' Technique Speeds Up the Analysis of Protein Dynamics
May 8, 2013 Scientists have devised a method to reduce the time used to simulate how proteins take on their signature three-dimensional shape. Such important information to comprehend their function is usually ... > full story -
Internet Content Is Looking for You
May 6, 2013 "Contextual search" is improving so gradually the changes often go unnoticed, and we may soon forget what the world was like without it, according to a technology ... > full story -
Millions Pass Up Free Health Subsidy
May 6, 2013 Low-income Medicare beneficiaries with poorer cognitive abilities are less likely to enroll in the Low Income Subsidy program, which provides nearly free prescription drug coverage for low-income ... > full story -
NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. Snowpack
May 6, 2013 A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much ... > full story -
More Than a Good Eye: Robot Uses Arms, Location and More to Discover Objects
May 6, 2013 A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information available to it -- an object's location, size, ... > full story -
The Nocebo Effect: Media Reports May Trigger Symptoms of a Disease
May 6, 2013 Expectation of negative effects can increase likelihood of experiencing symptoms, new research ... > full story -
Invisible Pattern Can Put a Stop to Counterfeit Designer Clothing
May 6, 2013 There is now a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs. Researchers have produced a thread with unique optical properties, which can be used to create invisible patterns in ... > full story
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