Category: Observations
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Microscopes as the Death of Science...
Two Americans and a German researcher on Wednesday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work fine-tuning optical microscopy so that molecular processes could be viewed in real time. The 2014 laureates in chemistry are Eric Betzig of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia; Stefan W. Hell of the Max Planck Institute…
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The sound of atoms... The sound of the universe...
What does an atom sound like? Apparently it's a "D-note". That's according to scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, who have revealed in a new study that they've captured the sound of a single atom. "We have opened a new door into the quantum world by talking and listening to atoms," study…
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Speed of light. Speed of change.
Were physicists all wrong about the speed of light? You might think so, given the stories posted recently about a new paper suggesting that light travels a bit more slowly than the 186,000-miles-a-second figure that's familiar to generations of science geeks. "The speed of light has almost mythical significance in physics", Tyson told The Huffington…
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Curiosity, microbes, observing.
A recent study of swabs taken from the rover before it launched found its surfaces contained 65 bacteria species. Engineers are supposed to put spacecraft like Curiosity through a stringent cleaning regimen before launch. Yet certain species of bacteria are known to survive even NASA's cleanrooms. Wondering about what remained on Curiosity even after cleaning,…
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Mindfulness' meditation. Gene expression.
It's no secret that mindfulness meditation - a practice that encourages focusing attention on the present moment - can ease emotional stress. And evidence is mounting that mindfulness also may have key benefits for your physical health - from lowering blood pressure to helping curb addiction. But a new study conducted by researchers working in…
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