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A baby crystal is born

Lead sulfide (PbS) forms when an equal number of lead and sulfur atoms exchange electrons and bond together in cubic crystals. Now scientists have determined that a structure comprising 32 lead-sulfur pairs is the smallest possible cubic arrangement that exhibits the same coordination as bulk lead sulfide. (The coordination number is the number of nearest neighbors each atom in the crystal has.)

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Men Spend The Big Bucks When Women Are Scarce

Across the animal kingdom, males are competitive when females are scarce. Now a study with people has examined how the number of women affects men’s attitudes about a marker for competitive fitness: Money. Basically, the fewer the women, the more the men threw their money around.

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How to Keep the Momentum Going

Turnaround specialist Glenn Blickenstaff, in the third of five articles, explains how to turn a failing company into a breakout success.

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How to Keep the Momentum Going

Turnaround specialist Glenn Blickenstaff, in the third of five articles, explains how to turn a failing company into a breakout success. This week he explains that too much praise and back-patting can slow progress. Your company might be failing now but you’re well on your way to turning things around if you’ve been following this five-part series of articles that outline how to execute a successful turnaround.

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Is Big Government Too Small?

How well would your company be doing if the number of employees remained static while your customer base grew by a third and you started providing dozens of more services?

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Which Nations Conform Most?

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Volume 205, Number 6 of Scientific American in December 1961. [More]

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Adding up photons with a transition edge sensor

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have demonstrated that a superconducting detector called a transition edge sensor (TES) is capable of counting the number of as many as 1,000 photons in a single pulse of light with an accuracy limited mainly by the quantum noise of the laser source.

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Sony’s Resolution Revolution

Sony introduced its first 4K digital film projector—4K refers to the number of horizontal pixels of screen resolution: approximately 4,000—at the recent Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association trade show (CEDIA). This is a big leap for Sony, since the current industry standard 1080p, which refers to the vertical resolution, ...

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