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Europe's top dailies in 10 languages online

Technology / Internet

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The European Commission and a media consortium launched Tuesday an Internet site allowing people to read articles about Europe from the world's top newspapers in 10 languages.


News media often do not report potential sources of bias in medical research

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An analysis of news media coverage of medical studies indicates that news articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by their brand names, both potential sources of bias, ...


Study: Depending on the problem, media may be an escape or a way to cope

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The last thing most people in a bad love affair want to do is to read informational articles about romance. But people facing financial difficulties often choose to read articles which may help them cope with their money ...


Study: Americans choose media messages that agree with their views

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that Americans prefer to read political articles that agree with the opinions they already hold.


Neglected tropical diseases rarely make the headlines

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 14, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study of leading news organizations has found that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) rarely make headlines, despite the huge amount of illness, suffering, and poverty that they cause. The study is published May 14th ...


Google introduces ads to Google News

Google introduces ads to Google News

Technology / Internet

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google has introduced ads to the results of search queries on Google News in a move aimed at turning the news aggregation site into a money-making venture that may raise the hackles of newspapers and other ...


Scientists' strategic reading of research enhanced by digital tools

Scientists' strategic reading of research enhanced by digital tools

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The revolution in scientific publishing that has been promised since the 1980s is finally about to take place, according to two University of Illinois experts in information science.


Germany's national newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"

German firm offers Europe's first 'personalised paper'

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two young German entrepreneurs presented what they described as a Europe-wide first on Tuesday: a newspaper tailored to readers' individual wishes and delivered to their door before 8:00 am.


People use a laptop computer to look at a website

New study looks at unauthorized use of US newspaper stories

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A study of the use of US newspaper stories on the Web has found that more than 75,000 websites reused content from newspapers without authorization during a 30-day period.


New Canadian research helps doctors care for kidney patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research funded by The Kidney Foundation of Canada and led by kidney specialists at Lawson Health Research Institute and The University of Western Ontario will make it possible for doctors to quickly and effectively access ...


AP proposes new article formatting for the Web

Technology / Internet

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established ...


Eye floaters and flashes of light linked to retinal tear, detachment

Eye floaters and flashes of light linked to retinal tear, detachment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Suddenly seeing floaters or flashes of light may indicate a serious eye problem that - if untreated - could lead to blindness, a new study shows.


Some discrepancies exist between outcomes indicated in trial registration and later publications

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comparison of the primary outcomes of registered clinical trials with their subsequent publication appears to show some discrepancies, according to a study in the September 2 issue of JAMA.


Google, in a blog post said "millions and millions" of people around the world were searching Michael Jackson

Google News mistakes Jackson queries for attack

Technology / Internet

created Jun 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack, the Internet giant said on Friday.


Avoiding hysterectomy: Major interventional radiology E-collection info available

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the first time, the Society of Interventional Radiology has assembled a major electronic collection of professional articles about uterine artery embolization, a treatment directed toward a number of conditions involving ...