News tagged with booth
Cryptographic voting debuts
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
5
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...
Presidential primary 2008 polls: What went wrong
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2009 |
2 / 5 (1) |
1
University of Michigan survey experts working with the American Association for Public Opinion Research have identified several reasons polls picked the wrong winners in the 2008 Presidential Primary.
Cost of hatchling turtles' dash for freedom
Biology /
Dec 12, 2008 |
3 / 5 (4) |
0
A newly hatched sea turtle's first swim is the most critical of its life. Having run the gauntlet of air and land predators to make it to the sea, the tiny voyager must also evade hungry fish patrolling the ...
Search results for booth
Did John Wilkes Booth survive?
Apr 27, 2008 |
2.2 / 5 (10) |
0
Two distant relatives of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth want a chance to prove the family legend that he was not killed in a Virginia tobacco barn.
Probing Question: What predicts a happy marriage?
Feb 19, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
0
You’ve planned the perfect Valentine’s Day, booked the candlelit restaurant, bought chocolate and flowers. (Or, depending on your darling's taste, bought tickets to a monster truck rally.) The night couldn’t have gone better… ...
Paleoecologists offer new insight into how climate change will affect organisms
Nov 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science written by a team of ecologists, including Robert Booth, assistant professor of earth and environmental science at Lehigh University, examines some of the po ...
Breakthrough could lead to new antimicrobial drugs
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
After 25 years of painstaking studies - led by Professor Ian Booth at the University of Aberdeen and Dr Tarmo Roosild at Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas - scientists have figured out the mechanics of 'channels' in bacteria ...
Early living together, marriage and parenting benefits some young adults
Mar 28, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (10) |
0
Young people are always encouraged to complete their education and postpone marriage and children to achieve more rewarding lifestyles. However, a Penn State study found that for some young adults, getting married or living ...
Divorce may widen distance between teens, fathers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 09, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
The typical distancing from parents by adolescents is exacerbated by divorce for fathers, but not for mothers, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Breaking new boundaries
Biology /
Jun 12, 2008 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
1
A team led by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge has developed an exciting new technique which may lead to a greater understanding of how drugs get in and out of the cells in our bodies. ...
Breakthrough could help combat superbugs
Biology /
Aug 29, 2008 |
5 / 5 (9) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects bacteria against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like C. difficile and MRSA.
Killer stairs? Taking the elevator could be worse for your body
Mar 18, 2008 |
4.5 / 5 (47) |
0
For years, scientists have been proclaiming the benefits of exercise. Studies showing that regular exercise benefits human health have exploded in number, examining many health problems ranging from cancer and diabetes to ...
Chimpanzees help each other on request but not voluntarily
Oct 14, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
0
The evolution of altruism has long puzzled researchers and has mainly been explained previously from ultimate perspectives—I will help you now because I expect there to be some long-term benefit to me. However, ...
List of search results for booth
