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Single molecule's electric charges seen in first... →
smarterplanet:
Researchers have shown off the first images of the “charge distribution” in a single molecule, showing an intricate dance of electrons at tiny scales.
via singularitarian:
The Technological Singularity - Meercat9.com →
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Replacing electricity with light: First physical... →
Stratospheric superbugs offer new source of power →
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The Local-Global Flip, or, "The Lanier Effect" →
But in this case we have this idea that we put all this stuff out there and what we get back are intangible or abstract benefits of reputation, or ego-boosting. Since we’re used to that bargain, we’re impoverished compared to the world that could have been and should have been when the Internet was initially conceived. The world that would create a strengthened middle class through...
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Jefferson Airplane Wakes Up New York; Jean-Luc... →
Just when you think you’ve seen everything Jean-Luc Godard has ever shot, something like this surfaces. If you’re only now considering tucking into the feast that is Godard’s filmography, don’t let his abundance of uncollected odds, ends, clips, and shorts intimidate you. Not only do they promise a little thrill down the road when you’ve already digested his major works, but they offer quick...
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With New Standard, Wi-Fi Could Become As... →
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In late 2010, Verizon rolled out its 4G LTE network, which offers data speeds 10 times as fast as 3G networks. But as mobile data traffic continues to grow—experts anticipate that it will increase 26-fold in the next three years—it’s unlikely that any network will be able to keep up. Fortunately, something else is set to happen over the next three years: Wi-Fi could become as...
Genetic Maker of Men Is Diminished but Holding Its... →
The Y chromosome is just a fraction of its original size, and much smaller than its buxom partner, the X chromosome, but researchers say its gene-shedding days seem to be over.
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“Every time society advances, it faces challenges from those people economically...”
– Are books and the internet about to merge? | Books | guardian.co.uk (via wildcat2030)
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We Don’t Need Digital Textbooks, We Just Need... →
We are a generation educated by reading textbooks, taught by teachers who relied on special editions of textbooks for answers, and effected by countless debates over what information should or should …
Purdue Newsroom - One and done: Single-atom... →
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Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a... →
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Australian and American physicists have built a working transistor from a single phosphorus atom embedded in a silicon crystal.
The group of physicists, based at the University of New South Wales and Purdue University, said they had laid the groundwork for a futuristic quantum computer that might one day function in a nanoscale world and would be orders of magnitude smaller and...
