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Why Things Become UnpopularWhy Things Become Unpopular A recent study has found that the fall of an item’s popularity mirrors its rise to popularity, so that items that become popular faster also die out faster, which is demonstrated by name trends. Image caption: Berger and Le Mens. ©2009 PNAS. (PhysOrg.com) -- "Why ...
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Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of othersScientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center. "We speculate that the ...
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How Social Insects Recognize Dead NestmatesHow Social Insects Recognize Dead Nestmates This is an Argentine ant worker carrying a dead nestmate (necrophoresis). The rapid dissipation of compounds associated with live ants allows the latent necrophoric behavior to be triggered. Credit: Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Riverside. (PhysOrg.com) -- ...
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Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain | Wired Science from Wired.comGrowing up poor isn't merely hard on kids. It might also be bad for their brains. A long-term study of cognitive development in lower- and middle-class students found strong links between childhood poverty, physiological stress and adult memory. The findings support a neurobiological hypothesis ...
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Under pressure, atoms make unlikely alloysUnder pressure, atoms make unlikely alloys (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the Bronze Age, humans have experimented with combining different metals to create alloys with properties superior to either metal alone. But not all metals readily form alloys - for some pairs of elements the atoms are ...
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Molecular motors in cells work together, study showsMolecular motors in cells work together, study shows Even within cells, the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. Molecular motors, the little engines that power cell mobility and the ability of cells to transport internal cargo, work together and in close coordination, according to a ...
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Related Titles for Computational and Theoretical Techniques for Materials Science* Getting Up to Speed: The Future of Supercomputing (2004) (ISBN 0309095026) Susan L. Graham, Marc Snir, and Cynthia A. Patterson, Editors, Committee on the Future of Supercomputing, National Research Council * Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology (2005)...Twine added 15 months ago
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Science of Simulation of Collective IntelligenceThe handbook consists of three main Parts: Theory, Case studies and Howto. Additionally, two appendices contain descriptions of software packages and student projects. Finally, the book has a bibliography with 400 references to related work. The first Part introduces the involved subtopics of ...
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