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Physicists Build World's First "Magnetic Hose" For Transmitting Magnetic Fields
Magnetic fields decay rapidly and so have never been transmitted over long distances. Until now ...
First Enzyme-Based Memory Created in the Lab
Some clever biochemistry has led to the world's first enzyme-based memory capable of learning, say biochemists
"12 Hours of Separation" Connect Individuals on Social Networks
Social networks can be used to track random individuals in just 12 hours provided the right incentives are on offer, say computer scientists.
How to Carbon-Date a Web Page
If a Web page lacks a time stamp, how do you know when it was created? A new Web application could help.
Other Interesting arXiv Papers This Week
The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv preprint server
Pearls and the Puzzle of How They Form Perfect Spheres
Physicists have finally solved the problem of how pearls form almost-perfect spheres: they rotate as they grow.
Surfing Logs Reveal Global Eating Patterns
The way we view online recipes reveals how our eating habits change over time, say computational sociologists.
Death Test Reveals Strength of Social Interaction
Social ties between humans are stronger than those between fruit flies or ants but weaker than those between bees, according to a cheerful new ranking based on how quickly creatures die when they become isolated
Moore's Law and the Origin of Life
As life has evolved, its complexity has increased exponentially, just like Moore's law. Now geneticists have extrapolated this trend backwards and found that by this measure, life is older than the Earth itself.
