A quick look at the large-scale distribution patterns of matter in the Universe will reveal the existence of what astronomers plastically refer to as the cosmic web.
It is made up of thick tendrils of gas that come together at node, and apparently this is where supermassive black holes prefer to develop.
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13 December 2011
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University of Michigan is involved in a disturbing case of animal cruelty. A perfectly healthy tabby sheltered by this institution has become a misfortunate victim in the hands of scientists eager to perform lab tests.
The cats' former owners brought the creature to Michigan animal shelter, hoping it will bene... |
9 December 2011
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Molecular Biophysics, are using the latest technology to find out the potential role of nucleic acids in the creation of life.Supercomputer simulations of molecular dynamics allowed team leader Jeremy Smith director of the ORNL&#... |
5 October 2010
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Investigators at the Reading University now believe they've discovered the most ancient words in the English language, with the help of a sophisticated computer simulation. The program accounts for the rate of change that has been recorded throughout history for German and other related languages such as English... |
26 February 2009
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Recent observations of the asteroid belt around the inner planets have led astronomers to believe that the group of celestial bodies still bears the “scars” of its encounter with Jupiter and Saturn, which left their original orbit billions of years ago, when the solar system was first created. According t... |
26 February 2009
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American officials funded the development of an artificial reality environment, one that simulates the most common surroundings in China, to be used by future diplomats and other visitors, so as to get used to the various traditional customs in the Asian country. The platform of the simulator is based on the popular ... |
30 October 2008
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Scientists from Israel applied for a patent that they say could reduce the destructive power of hurricanes by injecting smoke in the lower layers of a forming storm. Theoretically, this could reduce the intensity of winds and undermine the integrity of the storm's inner "eye." Ever since Katrina struck New Orlea... |
21 October 2008
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