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First Biological Evidence of a Supernova
May 8, 2013 — In fossil remnants of bacteria, researchers have found a radioactive iron isotope that they trace back to a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood. This is the first proven biological signature of a ... > 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 -
'Invisibility Cloak' for Thermal Flow Constructed
May 8, 2013 — By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. Researchers have now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the ... > full story -
World's Most Extreme Hearing Animal: The Greater Wax Moth
May 8, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that the greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300 kHz -- the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural ... > full story -
An Electronic Nose Can Tell Pears and Apples Apart
May 8, 2013 — Engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odors more effectively than the human sense of smell. For now, the device can distinguish between the odors compounds emitted by pears ... > full story -
Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas
May 7, 2013 — The Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way ... > full story -
U.S. Urban Trees Store Carbon, Provide Billions in Economic Value, Finds State-by-State Analysis
May 7, 2013 — America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent ... > full story -
Sunshine Could Benefit Health and Prolong Life, Study Suggests
May 7, 2013 — Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure, cut the risk of heart attack and stroke -- and even prolong life, a study ... > full story -
Rats Take High-Speed Multisensory Snapshots: Smell and Touch, Sniffing and 'Whisking,' Are Locked in Sync
May 7, 2013 — New research from the laboratory shows that rats create high-speed "snapshots" of the environment by synchronized use of the senses of smell (sniffing) and touch (through their whiskers). Furthermore ... > full story
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