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- November 6, 2011
- 07:51 PM
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Linguistic arrow of time
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Origin and evolution of the syntax of human language... Read more »
Gell-Mann, M., & Ruhlen, M. (2011) The origin and evolution of word order. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(42), 17290-17295. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113716108
- October 21, 2011
- 12:16 AM
- 468 views
Turning dreams into reality?
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Researchers reconstruct movies from brain activity... Read more »
Nishimoto, S., Vu, A., Naselaris, T., Benjamini, Y., Yu, B., & Gallant, J. (2011) Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies. Current Biology, 21(19), 1641-1646. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.031
- October 15, 2011
- 02:10 PM
- 460 views
Tatooine discovered
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
A planet with two suns is found... Read more »
Doyle, L., Carter, J., Fabrycky, D., Slawson, R., Howell, S., Winn, J., Orosz, J., Pr sa, A., Welsh, W., Quinn, S.... (2011) Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet. Science, 333(6049), 1602-1606. DOI: 10.1126/science.1210923
- September 17, 2011
- 08:07 PM
- 753 views
Hope for Lynx
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
The Iberian Lynx, one of the most critically endangered species of wildcats, may not be doomed to extinction after all... Read more »
RODRÍGUEZ, R., RAMÍREZ, O., VALDIOSERA, C., GARCÍA, N., ALDA, F., MADURELL-MALAPEIRA, J., MARMI, J., DOADRIO, I., WILLERSLEV, E., GÖTHERSTRÖM, A.... (2011) 50,000 years of genetic uniformity in the critically endangered Iberian lynx. Molecular Ecology, 20(18), 3785-3795. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05231.x
- September 10, 2011
- 11:21 PM
- 505 views
Unidirectional cacophony
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Device which lets sound travel one way, but not in the opposite direction... Read more »
Boechler, N., Theocharis, G., & Daraio, C. (2011) Bifurcation-based acoustic switching and rectification. Nature Materials, 10(9), 665-668. DOI: 10.1038/nmat3072
- September 4, 2011
- 11:24 PM
- 472 views
Sulphur: Harbinger of life?
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Oldest fossilized cells ever found seem to be sulphur metabolizing bacteria... Read more »
Wacey, D., Kilburn, M., Saunders, M., Cliff, J., & Brasier, M. (2011) Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia. Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1238
- August 28, 2011
- 09:38 PM
- 486 views
Bond breaking dance
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Imaging the motion of electrons in a molecule as it dissociates... Read more »
Hockett, P., Bisgaard, C., Clarkin, O., & Stolow, A. (2011) Time-resolved imaging of purely valence-electron dynamics during a chemical reaction. Nature Physics, 7(8), 612-615. DOI: 10.1038/nphys1980
- August 24, 2011
- 10:03 PM
- 540 views
Workplace stress: Opposites attract
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Highly stressed people at the workplace are individually surrounded by less stressed people and vice-versa... Read more »
Watanabe, J., Akitomi, T., Ara, K., & Yano, K. (2011) Antiferromagnetic character of workplace stress. Physical Review E, 84(1). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.017101
- August 21, 2011
- 09:26 PM
- 488 views
Single-atom speed-up
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Individual atoms speed up chemical reactions... Read more »
Qiao, B., Wang, A., Yang, X., Allard, L., Jiang, Z., Cui, Y., Liu, J., Li, J., & Zhang, T. (2011) Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx. Nature Chemistry, 3(8), 634-641. DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1095
- August 19, 2011
- 07:06 PM
- 508 views
Evidence for Rodinia
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
A part of Antarctica was once in North America, next to modern day Texas... Read more »
Loewy, S., Dalziel, I., Pisarevsky, S., Connelly, J., Tait, J., Hanson, R., & Bullen, D. (2011) Coats Land crustal block, East Antarctica: A tectonic tracer for Laurentia?. Geology, 39(9), 859-862. DOI: 10.1130/G32029.1
- August 17, 2011
- 10:00 PM
- 388 views
Rise of the planet of the aged
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Identification of neuro-physiological causes of working memory decline in old age... Read more »
Wang, M., Gamo, N., Yang, Y., Jin, L., Wang, X., Laubach, M., Mazer, J., Lee, D., & Arnsten, A. (2011) Neuronal basis of age-related working memory decline. Nature, 476(7359), 210-213. DOI: 10.1038/nature10243
- August 14, 2011
- 10:47 PM
- 421 views
One way traffic
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Realization of an optical diode... Read more »
Feng, L., Ayache, M., Huang, J., Xu, Y., Lu, M., Chen, Y., Fainman, Y., & Scherer, A. (2011) Nonreciprocal Light Propagation in a Silicon Photonic Circuit. Science, 333(6043), 729-733. DOI: 10.1126/science.1206038
- August 14, 2011
- 10:46 PM
- 501 views
Kim's the name
by Vivek Venkataraman in sciencebyte
Statistical study of the distribution of Korean family names... Read more »
Baek, S., Minnhagen, P., & Kim, B. (2011) The ten thousand Kims. New Journal of Physics, 13(7), 73036. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/7/073036
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