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- Simulations lead to design of near-frictionless material
- Scientists track monster waves below the ocean surface
- Drawing a line between quantum, classical world
- Chaos is an inherent part of city traffic
- New computer program first to recognize sketches more accurately than a human
- Altering RNA helicases in roundworms doubles their lifespan: similar technique could be used on human cells, experts say
- Gut worms protect babies' brains from inflammation
| Simulations lead to design of near-frictionless material Posted: 21 Jul 2015 04:40 PM PDT Scientists used the Mira supercomputer to identify and improve a new mechanism for eliminating friction, which fed into the development of a hybrid material that exhibited superlubricity at the macroscale for the first time. Researchers helped enable the groundbreaking simulations by overcoming a performance bottleneck that doubled the speed of the team's code.  |
| Scientists track monster waves below the ocean surface Posted: 21 Jul 2015 04:39 PM PDT A scientific research team spent seven years tracking the movements of skyscraper-high waves in the South China Sea. Scientists are trying to understand how these waves, which rarely break the ocean surface, develop, move and dissipate underwater.  |
| Drawing a line between quantum, classical world Posted: 21 Jul 2015 01:24 PM PDT A classical beam of light that would be expected to obey Bell's Inequality can fail this test in the lab, if the beam is properly prepared to have a particular feature: entanglement.  |
| Chaos is an inherent part of city traffic Posted: 21 Jul 2015 08:12 AM PDT It's not unusual for two drivers to depart from the same location, head out to the same destination, drive more or less the same speed and nevertheless arrive at dramatically different times, with one driver taking significantly longer to arrive. While this can simply be bad luck, sometimes the reason isn't an obvious external event.  |
| New computer program first to recognize sketches more accurately than a human Posted: 21 Jul 2015 05:16 AM PDT Researchers have built the first computer program that can recognize hand-drawn sketches better than humans.  |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2015 05:16 AM PDT The things we do to extend our lives -- quitting smoking, cutting back on carbs, taking up jogging -- all have some impact on our longevity, if only just a little. But no matter how hard we work towards chasing the dream of forever staying fit and youthful, our efforts all end the same way and we must come to terms with the fact that we are mortal beings living on a finite timeline. There is nothing we can do to stop the aging process, and most things people do only serve to delay the inevitable: we can't stop death.  |
| Gut worms protect babies' brains from inflammation Posted: 20 Jul 2015 11:52 AM PDT Gut worms can protect babies' brains from inflammation and long-term learning and memory problems caused by newborn infections, a new study on rats has shown. Expectant mother rats with tapeworms even passed the protective benefits on to their worm-free pups, the researchers found. The findings could point to new ways to prevent or treat the chronic brain inflammation linked to cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease, autism and depression.  |
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