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Companies spending tens of millions of dollars every single year on researching and developing new scents and aromas will soon be able to do so using computer algorithms, rather than humans. The issue here is that the human nose becomes “tired” after a while, which makes it unfeasible for prolonged use.
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24 January 2012
17:01 GMT |
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At mass gatherings (MG), the risk of infection among participants is extremely great, if just a few people are sick. Using computer models, researchers at the University of Bristol say that they are now capable of understanding how crowds behave. The data could be used to prevent the spread of diseases. Simulating t... |
17 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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NASA's latest Image of the Day is indeed an interesting sight. It is a snapshot from a computer model showing a binary system, made up of a blue stars (right) and a massive, red super-giant companion. The left star is caught here in the process of going supernova.
According to the model, the massive explosion ... |
2 December 2011
10:53 GMT |
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Some of the most interesting directions of research in astronomy include the discovery of extrasolar moons. But scientists say that finding extrasolar rings may also prove helpful in our quest for potentially-habitable ecosystems in space.
Astronomers know that exorings exist around distant worlds simply because ga... |
25 November 2011
06:56 GMT |
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According to investigators, it could be that our galaxy is filled with black holes that wander about, consuming whatever comes in their path. Such objects may also be consuming extrasolar planets, of which billions may exist throughout the spans of the Milky Way.
One of the most important things to keep in mind abo... |
15 November 2011
05:15 GMT |
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According to the results of a new analysis conducted by a Unites States Geological Survey (USGS) scientist, it would seem that the large earthquakes which affected the planet over the past couple of years are not indicative of a general trend towards more powerful tremors.
In other words, the magnitude 7.2 tremor t... |
8 November 2011
06:22 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that Uranus got such a tilted orbit after being subjected to repeated impacts from comets. In the past, astronomers believed that only a single, devastating blow was sufficient to tilt the massive gas giant.
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10 October 2011
08:21 GMT |
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According to a comprehensive series of observations published by the team managing the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft, it would appear that the number of near-Earth asteroids coming within less than 200 million kilometers (124 million miles) of Earth's orbit was overstated.
WISE –... |
30 September 2011
02:57 GMT |
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Geologists have been trying to develop the ultimate earthquake-forecasting tool for decades, and thus far their efforts have led to the creation of several models that could be used for this purpose. Recently, a team of scientists compared 7 of these models, in an attempt to establish which one is the best.
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27 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Investigators at the Indiana University announce the creation of a new computer model depicting the brain of Australopithecus sediba, an ancient hominin species that lived around 2 million years ago.
The creature did not necessarily have a bigger brain than its predecessors, but it was a much better, more efficie... |
13 September 2011
05:22 GMT |
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The results of a new scientific investigation suggest that ice sheets at the North Pole may stabilize or even start growing again over the coming decades, even if the situation now looks rather bleak. Though the trend will only be temporary, it may give use the respite we need to take action.Previous studies suggeste... |
12 August 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Predicting how peripheral nerve axons respond to electrical stimuli is one of the most important aspects of determining if an electrode design is efficient or not. Neural implants need to work in harmony with nerve cells, but finding out whether they do so or not takes weeks at this point. By using a new computer mod... |
22 July 2011
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A researcher in the United Kingdom is now proposing a new model for explaining how the arms of spiral galaxies are moving around the central bulge. The new view is in direct conflict with existing, widely-accepted theories explaining the same phenomenon.The proposal is also seeking to explain how spiral arms evolved ... |
3 May 2011
04:48 GMT |
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Experts at the Cornell University conducted a new series of supercomputer simulations on the behavior of the black holes, and were able to observe for the first time how spacetime gets deformed when two such objects collide and merge with each other.This usually happens when two galaxies containing dark behemoths at ... |
14 April 2011
03:33 GMT |
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Throughout the world, the existence of U-shaped valleys featuring a distinct shape and composition have been attributed to the action of glaciers over millions of years. Recently, a team of scientists developed a model that can indicate how these areas looked like before the ices took hold. Glacier valleys are produc... |
1 April 2011
02:50 GMT |
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One of the most significant issues plaguing the fight against global warming today is getting the severity of the situation through to the general public. Efforts to do so thus far have had only limited success, and experts are currently determining how to address this issue. Among the most obvious reasons is that pe... |
30 March 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Physicists propose that black holes can be used as an aid in modeling the behavior of electrons flowing inside modern unconventional superconductor materials. The thing about these materials is that they tend to start off as insulators, and then become superconducting.A very precise set of conditions is necessary for... |
4 March 2011
04:41 GMT |
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A group of scientists recently conducted a series of computer simulations on the Sun, which helped them determine why the last solar minimum had such low activity levels. The star produced far less sunspots than was expected of it during that time.
Our Sun operates in 11-year cycles, which have been documented fo... |
3 March 2011
02:40 GMT |
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A collaboration of British universities is currently working out a way of using bones that are as much as 100 years old to get a better understanding of the risks and opportunities associated with modern types of medical interventions, such as keyhole spinal surgery and artificial disc replacements.The Engineering an... |
28 February 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Astronomers say it could be possible that at least a few of the earliest stars ever to appear in the Universe are still lit and alive, more than 13 billion years after they appeared. Some of them might even be inside our galaxy, the Milky Way.The Cosmos as a whole I more than 13.75 billion years old, but the first st... |
4 February 2011
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In an attempt to make more sense about how the planet's climate looked like thousands of years ago, during the time between the last two glaciation events that affected Earth. British researchers just got a new grant to fund their investigation.The money came from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) ... |
28 January 2011
10:01 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Netherlands has recently augmented an existing model on soil sedimentation and erosion with data on the subsoil, thus producing one of the most advanced tools for simulating the way rivers and deltas develop over geological times.The team, based at the Delft University of Technology ... |
25 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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For many decades, researchers have tried to answer a very straightforward question – why is it that the flu strikes and causes outbreaks like clockwork? A variety of answers have been proposed to solve this riddle, but a new research reveals that the answer may be simpler than anyone thought.Some of the previou... |
30 December 2010
07:01 GMT |
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According to expert, nuclear missiles and bombs may prove to be a final line of defense if our planet is to defend itself against an incoming asteroid, or other large space rock. A well-aimed strike could either break the threat apart, or nudge it off its course slightly, just enough for it to avoid hitting Earth. Th... |
15 December 2010
03:32 GMT |
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In a new theoretical study, investigators were able to develop a computer model complex enough to allow them to accurately simulate what's going on during black hole collisions. In this particular research, a supermassive black hole was pitted against a much smaller black hole. This was basically a reenactment o... |
14 December 2010
02:33 GMT |
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The American space agency announces the development of one of the most complex predictive models ever developed in the world, aimed at simulating the potential interactions between spacecraft and space junk for the next few centuries. The model has been dubbed “low-Earth to geosynchronous environment debris&rdq... |
10 December 2010
06:05 GMT |
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The general feeling in the international astronomical community is that clearing up one of the last great mysteries of the Universe, how galaxies form, is now closer than ever. Studies and computer models are already beginning to provide the missing insight we lacked in this issue. For example, the role of cosmic du... |
25 November 2010
10:50 GMT |
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Starting today, November 19, anyone who is interested in climate sciences, and wants to help scientists get a better understanding of what's in store for our future can do so from their own computers, at home. The procedure for doing so is very simple. All you have to do is download a simple installer from the w... |
19 November 2010
13:01 GMT |
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About a month ago, an astronomy team shocked the international scientific community with evidence of the first Earth-like planet orbiting another star inside the habitable zone. Now, that exoplanet's atmosphere is modeled in a new study. A few days after the discovery of the planet was announced, another researc... |
2 November 2010
07:10 GMT |
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According to investigators at Caltech and JPL, it would appear that existing air-quality model are distorting the reality as far as atmospheric ozone concentrations go. The team explains that the existing simulations may in fact be downplaying the significance that these chemicals are having in the atmosphere, and ad... |
29 October 2010
01:36 GMT |
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Researchers in the United States have recently developed a new and complex computational model to account for the way fish swim, which could lead to innovation in the design of future robots and even medical prosthetic devices. The team behind the work, based at the University of Maryland and at the Tulane University... |
19 October 2010
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Strings are hypothesized to one of the strangest structures in the entire Universe, but thus far experts have not had any luck in finding them. But now a team announces what could be the first indirect measurements of the stuff. Physicists widely believe that cosmic strings are responsible for dictating the arrangeme... |
13 October 2010
08:38 GMT |
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According to weather experts, a windstorm that blew in the United States in May 2009 was so intense and devastating that it laid the foundations of a new class of storms, which is no called super-derecho.The event affected no less than three states, sweeping through Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. It was a very powerf... |
13 September 2010
02:37 GMT |
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Since the earliest days of agriculture, people have been trying to develop ways of figuring out when it was going to rain, and when the first snow would fall. Weather prediction is now a tricky business, but researchers want to make it more reliable. At this point, predictions can only be made for a few days in advan... |
10 September 2010
02:44 GMT |
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Researchers say that existing or planned infrastructure, such as buildings, roads and so on, could be successfully used to produce meaningful defense barriers that would protect people against flooding.The new work shows that roads, for instance, could represent a highly-efficient barrier in the path of raging waters... |
6 September 2010
10:01 GMT |
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For years, researchers have been unable to image the viruses they were trying so hard to destroy, but now not only has that become possible, but they can also use the microorganisms to deliver drugs.This is possible thanks to efforts by a team of investigators based at the University of California in los Angeles (UCL... |
1 September 2010
06:10 GMT |
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Over the past few years, increasingly complex computer models have began painting interesting pictures of how the insides of our planet looks like, and that view is continuously getting better. Though it may seem unmovable, the ground is in fact floating on an ocean of molten rock called magma. This layer of the plan... |
27 August 2010
02:50 GMT |
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In a series of studies conducted by Chinese researchers, it was determined that even the most advanced and futuristic methods of geoengineering our planet's climate cannot curb the anticipated rise in sea levels.Computer models at this point show that the average height of the sea will increase constantly over t... |
24 August 2010
06:59 GMT |
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The arrangement of nucleosomes inside cells, and the reason why they look like pearls on a necklace, are no longer a mystery for researchers. Scientists finally managed to make sense of these aspects related to cellular genomes, which have been puzzling them for many years, AlphaGalileo reports. Nucleosomes are prote... |
20 August 2010
10:14 GMT |
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A team of researchers at the Purdue University has determined in a new study that the best methods of reducing future water runoff and flooding risks is to increase the land surface covered in forests, and also to control the growth of urban environments.The research is based on a computer model and a simulation of h... |
19 August 2010
09:54 GMT |
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After more than three decades of search, experts were finally able to determine the smallest number of moves necessary to solve any start configuration of the famous Rubik's Cube. The new calculations demonstrated that the so-called “God's number” for the 3D puzzle is 20. Over the years, countle... |
11 August 2010
09:22 GMT |
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One of the biggest issues in the field of archeology is the fact that ancient civilizations did not bother to leave behind a full account of their history. Rather, all that remained are shards and fragments of times long gone. Some groups of individuals are only known to have existed because they left behind certain ... |
30 July 2010
05:12 GMT |
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A group of more than 60 universities in the United States was recently awarded a new research grant from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The money will go to studying a large number of phenomena related to the oceans, and their effect on deep-water and coastal regions alike. All the uni... |
12 June 2010
06:08 GMT |
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Supernova events are some of the most energetic and powerful things that can go on in the Universe. When massive stars that reach the end of their burning cycle explode, they produce such fierce radiation emission and effects, that they briefly outshine entire galaxies. The death of such stars is called a supernova, ... |
3 June 2010
05:17 GMT |
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Scientists announce the development of a new computer algorithm that is capable of classifying galaxies depending on their shape and size. The system works in a manner very similar to that of the human brain, from which it draws its inspiration. Such an accomplishment is tremendously important for the field of astron... |
2 June 2010
02:53 GMT |
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Carnivores are usually at the top of the food chain in the world's ecosystems, but counting them can be difficult at times. Censuses need to be carried out nonetheless, in order for conservation experts to be able to draw meaningful conclusions about the health of particular species. This is important in the cas... |
31 May 2010
05:57 GMT |
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One of the most well-known traits of Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt van Rijn's art is its calming effect on the viewer. People have been fascinated with his painting for centuries, and many say that they fell very immersed in the artist's work. Thanks to modern scientific means, experts have been recent... |
29 May 2010
05:27 GMT |
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Fergus Wilson, a theoretical astrophysics student from the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, is currently developing a new technique for modeling fluids that he says could hold the key towards uncovering a number of mysteries still related to studies of the Universe. The method he's developing is a... |
27 May 2010
10:58 GMT |
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In a recently-published investigation, researchers paint a bleak picture for the polar bear. The new computer model, which is the first to use all available data on the animals to model their chances of reproduction and survival, shows that global warming and climate change will affect the number of bears steeply and... |
26 May 2010
03:34 GMT |
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When massive stars reach the end of their burning cycle, they tend to blow up in massively large explosions called supernovae. As they do so, they release so much energy that they briefly outshine entire galaxies, featuring billions of stars. Due to the complex nature of the processes involved in such an event, compu... |
14 May 2010
09:44 GMT |
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