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(PhysOrg.com) -- After analyzing data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSK), cosmologist Shaun Thomas and colleagues from the University College of London, have concluded that the universe is "clumpier" than scientists have thought, leading to speculation that new theories need to be made to explain why the matter that makes up the universe isnt as smooth as models have suggested they should be. The results of their research, published on Physical Review Letters, show that there is either faulty evidence in their discovery, or that established laws of gravity do not apply to such a large scale as the entire universe.
Read More »Google Brings Goggles To HTC’s TV Ads
Use Google Goggles to scan bands and art (not clunky codes) to download free stuff in the new HTC Sensation 4G ads, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Deutsch L.A. and Google
Read More »In Iceland, The Crowd Takes A Shot At "We The People"
The same country that helped give Bjork her voice hands over its guiding document to everyday citizens. But at its heart, the experiment in social media confuses democracy with transparency, a leading expert in participatory government tells Fast Company
Read More »What Makes a Business Magnetic?
A graduate from Harvard’s Law and Business schools, Adrian Slywotzky is a sought after business consultant, speaker, and writer. Below, Adrian describes the qualities that make a business magnetic. Curt: What does magnetism mean in the B2B world
Read More »Generation Xbox: PlayStation Is The New Playing Catch
The Nintendo generation wants to bond with their children on their old digital stomping grounds. "On the menu of things to do with your kid, it's not the best choice," says MIT Professor and Alone Together author Sherry Turkle. Playing catch in the backyard with Dad is so 20th century.
Read More »Road Trains–Not Driverless Cars–Are The Future Of Hands-Free Driving
Before we get cars driven fully by computers, we'll have platoons of vehicles lead by a professional driver that let you take your eyes off the road and save fuel.
Read More »Better Than Skynet: Robots Learn To Think In Swarms To Help Us
Imagine a cloud of rescue helicopters descending on a burning building. New artificial intelligence models teach semi-autonomous devices how to coordinate their actions to solve our problems. Like human intelligence, artificial intelligence is on a spectrum
Read More »Visualizing Historical Data, And The Rise Of "Digital Humanities"
Stanford's Spatial History Project uses databases, ArcGIS, and other technological bells and whistles to visualize history that can't otherwise be easily told.
Read More »Solving the mysteries of astrophysics: Ultracold neutrons
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU, Germany) have built what is currently the strongest source of ultracold neutrons. Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) were first generated here five years ago.
Read More »Debt Boosts Young People’s Morale
For most of us, owing thousands of dollars in student loans, all while juggling crushing credit card debt, probably sounds like a nightmare.
Read More »Quantum simulator prototype replicates structure of graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Columbia Engineering, the Italian National Research Council, Princeton University, University of Missouri, and University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) has developed an artificial semiconductor structure that has superimposed a pattern created by advanced fabrication methods that are precise at the nanometer scale.
Read More »Let’s Retire the Phrase: "We Need a Moon Shot to…[Fill in the Blank]"
In late May, Patrick Kennedy, the former congressman and the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, gathered a group of luminaries to launch " One Mind for Research ," which coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of his uncle's call to trek to our natural satellite
Read More »How and Why to Develop a Niche
When business owners ask me why they have a difficult time prospecting and closing on business, one of the first questions I ask is, “who is your audience?” When I hear answers that include words like, “anyone who…,” I immediately know that we are heading into an emotional conversation - niche marketing.
Read More »Identifying "Hot Spots" of Future Food Shortages Due to Climate Change
Southern Africa, India and Southeast Asia will be plagued with both high susceptibility and a lack of coping mechanisms as climate change takes its toll, according to models published in a new study.
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