... heart of research conducted by MIT Professor Dan Ariely, whose studies have demonstrated that people often make decisions that seem to defy logic--but they do so in very predictable, consistent ways.
Japanese scientists are applying logic to the protein that causes jellyfish to fluoresce green
... to demonstrate functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach heralds the next era of ...
A team engineers microbes to perform AND, OR, NAND and NOR logic operations
... dosing in gene therapy, and design microbes that make better biofuels or degrade toxic waste. A new report in Nature describes an innovative new way to learn the logic of gene regulation.
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... Dr. Yan found the basic rule of designing ternary logic optical units when he worked in the team. Based ... For example, although there are 39=19683 ternary logic operations, it is enough to prepare 3×3×2 ...
... are just two of the goals of new research projects based on the use of fuzzy logic. This mathematical technique, which emerged in the 1960s and is now widely used in industrial control systems and ...
The capacity of teenagers for logic has been steadily increasing during the last 50 years, according to a large study of 13-year-olds in Sweden since the early 1960s.
A team of physicists and engineers have demonstrated all-fibre quantum logic, where single photons are generated and used to perform the contolled-NOT quantum logic gate in optical fibres with high ...
... says Hannon of their method, which they dubbed "DNA Sudoku" because of its similarity to the logic and combinatorial number-placement rules used in the popular game.
The method, which the CSHL team ...
... with Frege, Dedekind and Peano in the late 19th Century. However, with these changes the notion of logic came to be swallowed up by formal and symbolic concerns.
Logic as the theory of inquiry was ...
... part of philosophy in the last 140 years has specifically centered itself around the importance of formal logic -- which is “obviously” important -- this becomes especially problematic.
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... have devised an advanced program for biomolecular computers that enables them to 'think' logically. The train of deduction used by this futuristic device is remarkably familiar. It was first proposed ...
Wolves do better on some logic tests than dogs, a new study found.
Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals ...
