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Beyond 3G -- ultra-fast mobile radio networks of the future

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today’s growing third generation (3G) of mobile data services are only a taste of what is to come. Now, European researchers are paving the way to a world where ultra-fast internet access is available from ...


States that vote early can reap big bucks if they pick a winner

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The 2008 presidential campaign season had the earliest statewide primaries and caucuses in memory, starting with the Iowa Caucus on Jan. 3. Now research from North Carolina State University shows that states may have good ...


Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock (AP)

Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock

Technology / Software

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake ...


Netflix to run second film-suggestion tech contest

Technology / Other

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize."


Reconstructed WW II Code Cracker Colossus Defeated

Reconstructed WW II Code Cracker Colossus Defeated

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (45) | comments 0 weblog

A monumental achievment in reconstructing Colossus the first code cracker computer used by Allied forces in World War II. In a timed contest between Colossus and the modern PC Colossus was defeated by a modern ...


Joseph Rotblat

Nobel prize winner Joseph Rotblat dies

Physics /

created Sep 02, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists around the world paid tribute to Joseph Rotblat, a Polish nuclear physicist and Nobel peace prize winner, who died at age 96.


Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.


How to win by concession and avoid unproductive conflict

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study published in Economic Inquiry explores the seminal question: "If we can make a deal, why fight?" The authors conclude that a combination of common knowledge and a common rate of time preference allow a potent ...


Fertilization intensifies competition for light and endangers plant diversity

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When grasslands are fertilized their productivity is increased but their plant diversity is diminished. In the last 50 years levels of plant-available nitrogen and phosphorous have doubled worldwide. This additional supply ...


New research may lead to revolutionary new devices

New research may lead to revolutionary new devices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell University, who receives funding for basic research from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), is investigating carbon nanostructures that may some day be used in ...


Samsung to Release New Omnia Smartphones

Samsung to Release New Omnia Smartphones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced plans to release a series of new Omnia smartphones offering a range of multimedia and work features.


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'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (10) | comments 11

A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat.


Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee (AP)

Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.


Marshall Center names flight simulator 2004 'Software of the Year'

Space & Earth /

created Jul 30, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A flight simulation program, developed by Marshall Center aerospace engineer James McCarter, has been named Marshall’s 2004 “Software of the Year” winner. This year’s honoree is MAVERIC-II – a program designed to more rapidly ...


Ill. cancer researcher wins $500K genetics prize

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- An 84-year-old University of Chicago researcher has won a half-million-dollar genetics prize for her pioneering work in showing that cancer is a genetic disease.