Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain

Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain from PhysOrg.com

The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible — a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary.

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Scientists discover exotic quantum state of matter

Scientists discover exotic quantum state of matter from PhysOrg.com

A team of scientists from Princeton University has found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics -- known as the quantum Hall effect -- can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever before seen.

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Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution

Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution from PhysOrg.com

Under the control of a computer at The Scripps Research Institute, a population of billions of genes morphed through 500 cycles of forced adaptation to emerge as molecules that could grow faster and faster on a continually dwindling source of chemical fuel -- a feat that researchers describe as an example of "Darwinian evolution on a chip."

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Nanotechnology paves way for super iPods

Nanotechnology paves way for super iPods from PhysOrg.com

A breakthrough by scientists from the University of Glasgow could see the storage capacity of an iPod increase 150,000 times.

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Researchers Make Breakthrough in Nanotechnology by Uncovering Conductive Property of Carbon-based Molecules

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Nanotechnology by Uncovering Conductive Property of Carbon-based Molecules from PhysOrg.com

University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic—or carbon-based—molecules exhibit the properties of atoms under certain circumstances and, in turn, conduct electricity as well as metal. Detailed in the April 18 edition of Science, the finding is a breakthrough in developing nanotechnology that provides a new strategy for designing electronic materials, including inexpensive and multifunctional organic conductors that have long been considered the key to smaller, cheaper, and faster technologies.

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Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor

Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor from PhysOrg.com

Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide.

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A step toward circuits for terahertz computing

A step toward circuits for terahertz computing from PhysOrg.com

University of Utah engineers took an early step toward building superfast computers that run on far-infrared light instead of electricity: They made the equivalent of wires that carried and bent this form of light, also known as terahertz radiation, which is the last unexploited portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Researchers Move Closer To New Class of Memory

Researchers Move Closer To New Class of Memory from PhysOrg.com

Computer memory that combines the high performance and reliability of flash with the low cost and high capacity of the hard disk drive could be closer than you think, thanks to a team of IBM scientists.

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UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells

UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells from PhysOrg.com

Researchers from the Nano Machine Center at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have developed a novel type of nanomachine that can capture and store anticancer drugs inside tiny pores and release them into cancer cells in response to light. Known as a "nanoimpeller," the device is the first light-powered nanomachine that operates inside a living cell, a development that has strong implications for cancer treatment.

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