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  Gender Difference
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  Child Psychology
  Psychology
   

  Teen Sexting, the Gender Gap

  March 14, 2013 — A survey of US adolescents reveals a gender gap in attitudes towards sexting and perceived ... > full story
• Perception
  Popular Culture
  Language Acquisition
  Schizophrenia
  Privacy Issues
  Memory
   

  Overheard Phone Calls More Memorable, Rated More Distracting Than Other Background Talking

  March 13, 2013 — A one-sided cellphone conversation in the background is likely to be much more distracting than overhearing a conversation between two people, according to new ... > full story
• Dolphins and Whales
  Water
  Marine Biology
  Fish
  Tsunamis
  Floods
   
  

  Whale's Streaming Baleen Tangles to Trap Food

  March 13, 2013 — Many whales filter food from water using racks of baleen plates in their mouths, but no one had ever investigated how baleen behaves in real life. According to an expert, baleen was viewed as a ... > full story
• Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Quantum Computing
  Spintronics
  Electronics
  Thermodynamics
   
  

  Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory

  March 13, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated that information encoded as a specific point in a traveling microwave signal -- the vertical and horizontal positions of a wave pattern at a certain time -- can be ... > full story
• Alcoholism
  Addiction
  Legal Issues
  Bioethics
  Intelligence
  Infant's Health
   
  

  Using Hansfree Kit or Sending Texts Behind the Wheel Is as Dangerous as Being Twice Over Legal Alcohol Limit, Study Suggests

  March 13, 2013 — Scientists have compared the effects of mobile phone use while driving with the effects of alcohol using a simulation. Their experiment demonstrates that using a handsfree kit or sending text ... > full story
• Optics
  Computer Modeling
  Technology
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Electronics
  Chemistry
   

  Plasmonics: Model Makes Light Work of Nanocircuits

  March 13, 2013 — A numerical simulation predicts the behavior of a component that controls light for faster ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Computer Science
  Computer Programming
  Technology
  Distributed Computing
  Electronics
   

  Signal Processing: Look-Up Tables to Shoulder the Processing Load

  March 13, 2013 — Computing tasks for signal processing could be performed more quickly with less power by using look-up ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Mobile Computing
  Physics
  Optics
  Photography
  Construction
   
  

  New Automated Process Simplifies Alignment and Splicing of Multicore Optical Fibers

  March 12, 2013 — New multicore optical fibers have many times the signal-carrying capacity of traditional single-core fibers, but their use in telecommunications has been restricted because of the challenge in ... > full story
• Microarrays
  Computer Science
  Electronics
  Technology
  Solar Energy
  Mobile Computing
   
  

  Creating Indestructible Self-Healing Circuits

  March 11, 2013 — Engineers, for the first time ever, have developed self-healing integrated ... > full story
• Stem Cells
  Biochemistry
  Lymphoma
  Organic Chemistry
  Immune System
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Designing Interlocking Building Blocks to Create Complex Tissues

  March 11, 2013 — A new “plug-and-play” method to assemble complex cell microenvironments is a scalable, highly precise way to fabricate tissues with any spatial organization or interest—like those ... > full story

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