Posts Tagged ‘ research ’

Star Trek Becoming Reality : Beam Me Up Scotty

Star Trek Becoming Reality : Beam Me Up Scotty

First it is remote controls, robot wars, stun guns, laser beams, fancy jumpsuit uniforms and now teleportation.  For the first time, scientists have successfully teleported information between two separate atoms in unconnected enclosures a meter apart â’“ a significant milestone in the global quest for practical quantum information processing. A team from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) at the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan has succeeded in teleporting a quantum state directly from one atom to another over a substantial distance. That capability is necessary for workable quantum information systems because they will require memory storage...

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Female Work Harassment :: Still Going Strong

Despite common assumptions, new research suggests that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group. Instead, researchers found that in most cases, women were sexually harassed at work when their work group had a similar proportion of males and females. “Some people argue that women are more likely to be harassed when there are just a few women, and other people argue that women are harassed when they are the dominant group in an occupation. But we found that actually was not the case. Most sexual harassment...

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AV Geeks Have Superpowers :: X-Ray Vision

AV Geeks Have Superpowers :: X-Ray Vision

Socially Rejected People Often Better Judge of Sincerity. Being rejected by peers, friends and even family members may give people the added advantage of spotting a â’fakeâ’ when they encounter one. A Miami University study published in the October issue of the journal Psychological Science shows people who have faced rejection have an enhanced ability to determine whether the â’happyâ’ face before them is genuine. The research found that subjects who were manipulated to feel rejection were able to distinguish a fake smile from a real one nearly 80 percent of the time. Researchers studied 32 subjects, 17 women...

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Cavities :: Men vs Women

Cavities :: Men vs Women

Answer : Women Reproduction pressures and rising fertility explain why women suffered a more rapid decline in dental health than did men as humans transitioned from hunter-and-gatherers to farmers and more sedentary pursuits, says a University of Oregon anthropologist. The conclusion follows a comprehensive review of records of the frequencies of dental cavities in both prehistoric and living human populations from research done around the world. A driving factor was dramatic changes in female-specific hormones, reports John R. Lukacs, a professor of anthropology who specializes in dental, skeletal and nutritional issues. His conclusions are outlined in the October issue...

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