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- Viking fortress discovery: Archaeological dating results
- Physicists suggest new way to detect dark matter
- Training can lead to synesthetic experiences: Does learning the 'color of' specific letters boost IQ?
- Using sewage sludge to obtain bioenergy
- Gravity may have saved the universe after the Big Bang, say researchers
- Mechanisms behind 'Mexican waves' in brain revealed by scientists
| Viking fortress discovery: Archaeological dating results Posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:56 AM PST In September 2014, archaeologists announced the discovery of a Viking fortress in a field belonging to Vallø Manor, located west of Køge on the east coast of Sealand. This was the first discovery of its kind in Denmark in over 60 years. Since then, archaeologists have been waiting impatiently for the results of the dating of the fortress. Now the first results are available. |
| Physicists suggest new way to detect dark matter Posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:56 AM PST For years physicists have been looking for the universe's elusive dark matter, but so far no one has seen any trace of it. Maybe we are looking in the wrong place? Now physicists propose a new technique to detect dark matter. |
| Posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:55 AM PST A new study has shown for the first time how people can be trained to 'see' letters of the alphabet as colors in a way that simulates how those with synesthesia experience their world. |
| Using sewage sludge to obtain bioenergy Posted: 18 Nov 2014 06:16 AM PST Researchers have found a way to increase biomass production by using sewage sludge as energy crop fertilizers. The usage of sewage sludge to fertilize energy crops could be an opportunity to release residues since these plantations are not intended for food industry. |
| Gravity may have saved the universe after the Big Bang, say researchers Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:27 AM PST Physicists may now be able to explain why the universe did not collapse immediately after the Big Bang. Studies of the Higgs particle -- discovered at CERN in 2012 and responsible for giving mass to all particles -- have suggested that the production of Higgs particles during the accelerating expansion of the very early universe (inflation) should have led to instability and collapse. |
| Mechanisms behind 'Mexican waves' in brain revealed by scientists Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:26 AM PST Scientists have revealed the mechanisms that enable certain brain cells to persuade others to create 'Mexican waves' linked with cognitive function. Inhibitory neurons can vibrate and they are equipped with mechanisms that enable them to persuade networks of other neurons into imitating their vibrations -- setting off 'Mexican waves' in the brain. The scientists believe these collective, oscillating vibrations play a key role in cognitive function. Their research sheds light on how inhibitory neurons use different communication processes to excitatory neurons, which share information via an internal pulsing mechanism. |
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