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“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (via leonardo-da-vinci)
May 2011
12 posts
Hello Future: World's First Commercially Available... →
realcleverscience:
Firstly, thanks to DVK for the link.
This is honestly so mindblowing that I hardly know where to begin - or even have words to describe this! I hope we all realize that with this innovation, we’re looking at the dawn of a new age. And it would be simple-minded to think that this is merely another computer innovation, like newer iPhones or faster processors. This is much more....
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“Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than...”
– Kurt Gödel (via ahmedsalman)
April 2011
13 posts
Reading Shakespeare has dramatic effect on human... →
whatifitdoes:
This is pretty awesome. I may have already posted it though. If I did Emjoy it for the 2nd time!
“Nothing is more fatal to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our...”
– Humphry Davy (via thebeautyofscience)
More: Brain Bypass Surgery Sparks Restoration of... →
realcleverscience:
This is pretty significant news. Firstly, because of the new treatment it may offer. Secondly, for the new approaches to treatment and neuroscientific theory which it has probably opened. Dig.
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Neurosurgeons.. have for the first time initiated the restoration of lost brain tissue through brain bypass surgery in patients where blood flow to the brain is...
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein (via notentirely)
World First: Calculations With 14... →
realcleverscience:
One step closer to quantum computers.
RCS Highlights:
Quantum physicists from the University of Innsbruck have set another world record: They have achieved controlled entanglement of 14 quantum bits (qubits) and, thus, realized the largest quantum register that has ever been produced…
By now the Innsbruck experimental physicists have succeeded in confining up to 64...
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TED Blog | Your brain on improv: Charles Limb on TED.com
March 2011
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“I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.”
– Frances Willard (via rhymeswithshmarcy)
February 2011
31 posts
Read-write device offers new architecture for... →
gthebolt:
“Silicon based logic devices may run out of steam soon because as devices get smaller, they run into different problems,” Laurens Molenkamp tells PhysOrg.com. Molenkamp is a physics professor at Universität Würzburg in Würzburg, Germany. Along with a team of scientists, Molenkamp has been studying ways to make use of different materials and structures to improve logic devices, such as...