Physicists investigate how time moves forward 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ... | |
Science paper examines role of aerosols in climate change 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of scientists affiliated with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) have proposed a new framework to account more accurately for the effects of aerosols on precipitation in climate models. Their work ... | |
 Old before their time? Aging in flies under natural vs. laboratory conditions 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Evolutionary studies of aging typically utilize small, short-lived animals (insects, worms, mice) under benign conditions – constant temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food – in the laboratory. ... | |
NASA chief may consider extending life of shuttle program 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said Thursday that he's examining what it would take to keep the space shuttle flying for five years past its 2010 retirement date. | |
Disruption-free videos 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Standardized video coding techniques still have their snags -- digitally transmitted images are not always disruption-free. An extension of the H.264/AVC coding format allows to protect the most important data packets to ... | |
 Wireless technologies used today based on decades of work at Virginia Tech 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Technologies used today by companies, such as Direct TV, Iridium Satellite, Bluetooth, and Globalstar, are based on satellite communications efforts started at Virginia Tech four decades ago in its Bradley ... | |
 Computerized reminder system drove up colon cancer screening rates, study found 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A computerized reminder system used in community-based primary care doctors' offices increased colorectal cancer screening rates by an average of 9 percent, according to a new study from the University of ... | |
Michigan integral to world's largest physics experiment 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
After 20 years of construction, a machine that could either verify or nullify the prevailing theory of particle physics is about to begin its mission. CERN's epic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project currently involves 25 ... | |
Atomic structure of the mammalian 'fatty acid factory' determined 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is also a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs and the treatment of metabolic ... | |
 Pyrenees glaciers will melt by 2050: Spanish study 7 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Climate change will melt the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains before 2050, a group of Spanish researchers said Friday. | |
Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of ... | |
Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Nokia Corp. warned Friday its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels, sending its U.S. shares tumbling more than 10 percent. | |
Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia. | |
 Envisat Images Hurricane Gustav 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The development and path of Hurricane Gustav is shown via a sequence of satellite images acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 25 August, 28 August, 30 August and ... | |
Technology users are failing to take adequate steps to protect their digital privacy 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
In the face of technology that will soon be able not only to track an individual's movements but predict them too, people are far too relaxed about protecting their privacy, according to social psychologist Saadi Lahlou, ... | |
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