The magnetisation of nanometric square material is not fixed. It moves around in a helical motion. This is caused by the electron whose degree of freedom, referred to as spin, which follows a precession motion centred on the middle of a square nano-magnet. Continue reading “Future ultrahigh density data storage”
Sleeping with your mobile phone could cause cancer and infertility
The California Department of Public Health has issued guidelines on cell phone exposure, warning residents to keep their cell phone away from their body to reduce potential cancer and infertility risks. Continue reading “Sleeping with your mobile phone could cause cancer and infertility”
How Does a Mathematician’s Brain Differ from That of a Mere Mortal?
Alan Turing, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, John Nash—these “beautiful” minds never fail to enchant the public, but they also remain somewhat elusive. How do some people progress from being able to perform basic arithmetic to grasping advanced mathematical concepts and thinking at levels of abstraction that baffle the rest of the population? Neuroscience has now begun to pin down whether the brain of a math wiz somehow takes conceptual thinking to another level. Continue reading “How Does a Mathematician’s Brain Differ from That of a Mere Mortal?”
As solar wind blows, our heliosphere balloons
What happens when the solar wind suddenly starts to blow significantly harder? According to two recent studies, the boundaries of our entire solar system balloon outward — and an analysis of particles rebounding off of its edges will reveal its new shape. Continue reading “As solar wind blows, our heliosphere balloons”
Brain mechanism involved in language learning
Learning a new language may be more of a science than an art, a University of Sussex study finds. Continue reading “Brain mechanism involved in language learning”
Meet the “Thesaurus Linguae Graecae” (TLG) Program! Access all Greek texts from Homer until the Fall of Constantinople!
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) is a Special Research Program at the University of California, Irvine. Continue reading “Meet the “Thesaurus Linguae Graecae” (TLG) Program! Access all Greek texts from Homer until the Fall of Constantinople!”
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