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A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK, has discovered a new mechanism involved in the generation of paired photons. In this illustration, one photon (purple) carries a million times the energy of another (yellow). Image credit: NASA / Sonoma State University / Aurore Simonnet. The …

Photo: Twenty20 Earlier this year I found myself lying face-down on the ground, both of my quads locked up and completely immobile. I was three events into a CrossFit competition, and I had totally broken down. During the first event, I felt a foreboding twitch down the front of my …

“How to examine extra-biblical texts through the critical lens of historical analysis” by Bro Uzziyahu (Beginning lecture) “The Jubilee of B1:14-18 Redeeming …

DOIs, or Direct Object Identifiers, are fantastically useful little strings of text that serve to uniquely identify research papers, so that no matter what database you’re querying and no matter what paper you’re linking to, you’ll get the right thing back. Unlike books in a library, which can have later …

An international team of scientists from the United States and China has found a sensor for the reactive molecules linked to diabetic complications. The study, done in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, provides particular promise for those suffering from painful diabetes-related nerve damage. TRPA-1/TRPA1 activation via a-dicarbonyls (a-DCs) is relayed …

The genetic cause of a syndrome characterized by multiple frustrating and difficult-to-treat symptoms, including dizziness and lightheadedness, skin flushing and itching, gastrointestinal complaints, chronic pain, bone and joint problems, is now better understood. Jonathan J. Lyons et al identified a genetic explanation for a syndrome characterized by multiple frustrating and …

New research suggests that smallpox may not be an ancient disease but a much more modern killer that went on to become the first human disease eradicated by vaccination. The findings appear today in the journal Current Biology. This transmission electron micrograph depicts a number of variola virions. Image credit: …

Editor’s Note: Matt and I had great success with our last Marvel team-up over on MOZ, so we decided to do it again. Thanks again Mr. Gratt for lending your superb process skills to this post. Cheers! We often think of search as a direct marketing channel (and it’s a great one) …

Serious motion capture setups often involve dozens of optical markers, inertial sensors or both, making them a pain to set up and tear down, and producing a ton of data. This Disney Research project produces high-quality results from just a handful of sensors by making some smart assumptions about how …

Io-Interactive have today proudly announced that they will be releasing new ‘Holiday Hoarders’ DLC for Hitman completely free next week in aid of World Cancer Research Fund. In appreciation of the developers making the DLC completely free of charge, they are asking for players to donate what they can here. …