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Scientists capture first direct proof of Hofstadter butterfly effect
Monday, 20 May 2013
A team of researchers from several universities – including UCF –has observed a rare quantum physics effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum in a magnetic field, confirming...
Complex brain function depends on flexibility
Monday, 20 May 2013
Neurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain’s computational power, study finds. Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the...
Kinks and curves at the nanoscale
Monday, 20 May 2013
One of the basic principles of nanotechnology is that when you make things extremely small—one nanometer is about five atoms wide, 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—they are...
Visteon cockpit concept learns the driver's HABIT
Saturday, 18 May 2013
System understands driver's personal preferences to deliver a more meaningful experience behind the wheel. Would you like your vehicle to suggest a different route to or from work when there are...
Why does old schizophrenia medicine work on antibiotics-resistant bacteria?
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Why does old schizophrenia medicine work on antibiotics-resistant bacteria? In 2008, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been...
New colonoscope provides ground-breaking view of colon
Saturday, 18 May 2013
A ground-breaking advance in colonoscopy technology signals the future of colorectal care, according to research presented today at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW). Additional research focuses on...
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Highlights

Self denial
Consciousness, as we’ve noted before, is a most interdisciplinary topic, and besides the neurologists, the philosophers, the AI people, the psychologists and so on, the novelists have also, in their...
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Quote of the Day

"Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout."


~ ANDY ROONEY


Fact of the day

The brain learns through changes in the strength of its synapses—the connections between neurons—in response to stimuli.

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