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Following the collapse of the social network Friendster, computer scientists have carried out a digital autopsy to find out what went wrong.
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Experiments on Cadavers Settle 100 Year-Old Puzzle Over Human Skin Strength
Langer lines map out the pattern of forces within the skin but nobody knew what caused them. Until now.
Astronomers Calculate Orbit of Chelyabinsk Meteorite
The Chelyabinsk meteorite is from a family of Earth-crossing rocks called Apollo asteroids and there are 80 million others like it, say astronomers
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Carbon Nanotube Transistors Orders of Magnitude Better at Spotting Cancer, Say Bioengineers
Arrays of carbon-nanotube transistors can detect prostate cancer with a much higher sensitivity than conventional techniques.
Decisions and the Influence of Others
Researchers work out a way to measure how much a decision is influenced by the opinions of others.
Braess' Paradox Infects Social Networks Too, Say Computer Scientists
Traffic planners have long known that closing roads can improve traffic flow. Now network theorists say that removing products from social networks can improve the choice for everyone.
Graphene And The EmergingTechnology of Neural Prostheses
Neural implants are set to be revolutionised by a new type of graphene transistor with a liquid gate, say bio-engineers
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The True Story of a 1967 “Contact” Incident
The story of the SETI discussions during the discovery of pulsars has never been fully told—until now
