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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Random, But Not by Chance
Random, But Not by Chance
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:12:00 -0500
Random number sequences are essential to a host of encryption schemes. But
true randomness in the strict sense is not possible in the classical world; it only occurs in quantum-mechanical processes. Now researchers have devised and demonstrated the first random-number generator in which the output is certified random by laws of physics.
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University of Maryland
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:40:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Cat Brain: A Step Toward the Electronic Equivalent
Cat Brain: A Step Toward the Electronic Equivalent
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:12:00 -0500
A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a
supercomputer.
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University of Michigan
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:40:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Structure of Inner-ear Protein is Key to Both Hearing and Inherited Deafness
Structure of Inner-ear Protein is Key to Both Hearing and Inherited Deafness
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:09:00 -0500
Using a combination of crystallization and
physics-based simulations, researchers defined the structure of a protein, cadherin-23, that helps mediate our perception of sound. Their findings show the protein to be a rigid structure whose strength results from calcium ions binding within it. However, mutations that interfere with calcium-ion binding undermine the protein's firm structure and make it less resilient. This provides a possible explanation for certain forms of inherited deafness.
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Harvard Medical School
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:40:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Lost Light From the Moon May be Sent Astray by Dusty Reflectors
Lost Light From the Moon May be Sent Astray by Dusty Reflectors
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:10:00 -0500
Light bounced off
reflectors on the moon is fainter than expected and mysteriously dims even more whenever the moon is full. Astronomers think dust is a likely culprit, they report in a forthcoming issue of the journal Icarus.
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University of California, San Diego
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Field item.
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:40:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Lionfish Invasion Continuing to Expand
Lionfish Invasion Continuing to Expand
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:11:00 -0500
Their numbers continue to expand. They are spreading throughout the Caribbean
Sea. Eradication appears almost impossible. Even limited amounts of control will be extremely difficult, and right now the best available plan is to capture and eat them. Such is the desperate status of the lionfish wars.
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Oregon State University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:22:38 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New PBS Television Program Highlights NSF-funded Economics Research
New PBS Television Program Highlights NSF-funded Economics Research
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:58:00 -0500
The popular PBS science television program NOVA asks two simple questions: Why did mainstream economists fail to predict the stock market crash of 2008, and why do people so often make irrational financial decisions? NOVA's producers seek answers from a slew of past and present National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported researchers in a new documentary program called Mind Over Money, premiering Tuesday, April 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on PBS stations.
Jennifer Lerner, Harvard ...
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