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WOWD, the real-time search engine

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...


New metasearch engine leaves Google, Yahoo crawling

New metasearch engine leaves Google, Yahoo crawling

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 6

One day in the not-too-distant future, you'll be able to type a query into an online search engine and have it deliver not Web pages that may contain an answer, but just the answer itself, says Weiyi Meng, ...





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NASA puts new rocket on launch pad for test flight (AP)

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...


Dangers grow on Web from attacks

Technology / Internet

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When people worry about the dangers of the Internet, a Web site built by the producers of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" is probably not what they have in mind.


Predicting and tracking pandemics: HealthMap.org tracking H1N1 flu hot spots in real time

Predicting and tracking pandemics: HealthMap.org tracking H1N1 flu hot spots in real time

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalapeño-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak of its kind ...


Internet can warn of ecological changes

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 1

The Internet could be used as an early warning system for potential ecological disasters, according to researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and the University of East Anglia.


Discovery Nears February Launch to Station

Discovery Nears February Launch to Station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Discovery's installation to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters was completed Sunday afternoon.


Predicting pandemics: HealthMap.org tracks emerging hot spots in real time

Predicting pandemics: HealthMap.org tracks emerging hot spots in real time

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalapeño-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak ...


Culture vultures go beyond, way beyond Google

Culture vultures go beyond, way beyond Google

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are pushing online culture and heritage research way beyond Google by using a smart search system that is multilingual, multimedia and optimised for cultural heritage. ...


Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching

Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PHysOrg.com) -- The Internet contains vast amounts of information, much of it unorganized. But what you see online at any given moment is just a snapshot of the Web as a whole -- many pages change rapidly ...


Space Shuttle Atlantis To Move To Launch Pad Saturday

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.


Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set

Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal ...



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