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HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.


heryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, has been nominated to serve on the board of directors of Disney

Facebook COO nominated to Disney board

Technology / Business

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, has been nominated to serve on the board of directors of the US media and entertainment giant.


Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players

Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a new immersive multiplayer game system, researchers are further blurring the line between gaming and the real world. Using a mouse and keyboard sounds kind of quaint compared to the ...


Use of 3-D imaging on patients with pancreatic carcinoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the field of hepatic imaging in the context of living liver donors and before complex partial liver resections, three-dimensional imaging of the liver, hepatic vessels and bile ducts has managed to become established in ...


Hardware-accelerated global illumination by image space photon mapping

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.


Understanding interaction in virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out — a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of ...


Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions

Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Monitoring the earthquakes caused from magma movements inside an active volcano could help to improve the accuracy of forecasting an eruption.


Disproportionate effects of global warming and pollution on disadvantaged communities

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (10) | comments 17

Global warming, pollution, and the environmental consequences of energy production impose a greater burden on low-income, disadvantaged communities, and strategies to prevent these inequities are urgently needed. A provocative ...


More precise measurements of the W boson

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The W boson is one of the very few major building blocks of matter," Dmitri Denisov tells PhysOrg.com. "It is a member of a family of particles that is the most fundamental in nature. The W boson is res ...


Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter.



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