Does Motorola’s X Phone Pack a Better Battery?
The Moto X phone will constantly monitor its position, motion, and more to track its owner's activity. Will its battery life suffer?
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Are Your Grades Written in Your Genes?
A large genetic study finds gene variants with a subtle effect on scholastic achievement.
Tesla Is Prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse
Tesla's supercharger network will be equipped with solar panels and batteries to ride-out power outages.
Gigapixel Holographic Microscope Made From A4 Paper Scanner
The A4 digital scanner gathering dust under your desk could find new life as a gigapixel holographic microscope, say Japanese engineers who have constructed one at minimal cost
Life and Death of Tweets Not so Random After All
Researchers have created a model to quickly predict how many times a tweet will be retweeted.
Physicists Unveil World's Most Precise Clock (And a Twin to Compare It Against)
A pair of clocks that lose only one "tick" in 10^18 "tocks" have been unveiled by an international team of physicists
Metals Become Molecular-Like at the Atomic Scale, Reveal Materials Scientists
Atomic force measurements show that the bond between two gold atoms is highly directional and molecular-like, a finding with significant implications for the design and construction of atomic-scale devices
Other Interesting arXiv Papers (Week Ending 25 May 2013)
The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv preprint server
Now Television Advertisers Know You're Tweeting
If you tweet about a TV show or its ads, don't be surprised if the advertisers "sponsored tweet" you back.
