Science & Technology - Apr 23, 2010 11:12 - 0 Comments
‘Sound bullets’ act like sonic scalpels
CALTECH (US)—Inspired by the popular executive toy Newton’s cradle, researchers have built a device—called a nonlinear acoustic lens—that produces highly focused, high-amplitude acoustic signals dubbed “sound bullets.” (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 23, 2010 18:04 - 0 Comments
Brain map reveals biology of intelligence
CALTECH (US)—Researchers have mapped the brain structures that affect general intelligence. The finding adds new insight to a set of controversial questions: What is intelligence, and how can we measure it? (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 17, 2010 11:42 - 2 Comments
In-flight brain recordings from fruit flies
CALTECH (US)—The first recordings of brain-cell activity in a flying fruit fly suggest that at least part of its brain “is in a different and more sensitive state during flight than when the fly is quiescent,” says researcher Michael Dickinson. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2010 10:42 - 3 Comments
Superstrong, superlight, and supersmall
CALTECH (US)—Researchers have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile—yet stronger than ever—simply by reducing their size. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 8, 2010 16:16 - 3 Comments
Afraid to gamble? Blame your amygdala
CALTECH (US)—Neuroscientists have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure in the brain—the amygdala. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 18, 2009 18:27 - 0 Comments
Fog found on Titan
CALTECH (US)—Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system—aside from our home planet, Earth—with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2009 13:23 - 0 Comments
Scientists film photons with electrons
CALTECH (US)—Recently invented techniques—that allow the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale matter—have been used to image the evanescent electrical fields produced by the interaction of electrons and photons, and to track changes in atomic-scale structures. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 14:21 - 4 Comments
Saturn’s oblong orbit linked to Titan’s lakes
CALTECH (US)—The eccentricity of Saturn’s orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet’s largest moon, Titan. (more…)
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