News tagged with data source
US hospitality industry often reluctant to hire people with disabilities
People with disabilities trying to find employment in the U.S. hospitality industry face employers who are often reluctant to hire them because of preconceived notions that they cannot do the job and that they are more costly ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Map making, made easy: Web platform lowers barrier to collaboration
Soon, scholars worldwide will have an easier time creating, publishing, and sharing maps and other geospatial data, thanks to the release of WorldMap, an open source software platform that fills the growing ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
Uninsured receive same quantity, value of imaging services as insured in hospital, in-patient setting
Insurance status doesn't affect the quantity (or value) of imaging services received by patients in a hospital, in-patient setting, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Jan 06, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Using satellite data to decode disease origins
Uncovering the origin of illness is like finding a needle in a haystack, but that search is getting easier with the help of powerful tools like genetic analysis and satellite data.
Nov 03, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Cancer survivors spend more on health care
Approximately 12 million people in the United States are cancer survivors. On average, their medical care costs $4,000 to $5,000 more annually than the care of people who have never had cancer, according to Penn State researchers.
Jun 13, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Einstein offers easy-to-use genome analyzer to scientific community
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a desktop genome analyzer and browser that allows biologists to rapidly and easily analyze and process their high-throughput data. The ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
The Free Software Foundation takes aim at Gmail
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Free Software Foundation is at it again, promoting their laudable, if potentially unrealistic, goal to have all software released under a free software license. Their latest target for information freebies ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
3.3 / 5 (7) |
35
|
Install and Forget: Batteryless Radio Sensors
Siemens has developed a variety of energy autarkic radio sensors that draw the energy they require for operation from their surroundings. The technology can be used to automatically monitor facilities in remote ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
3 / 5 (1) |
0
Telemedicine in the making: Moca source code released
Moca, an MIT student organization, today announced the release of the Moca source code, a set of foundational building blocks for telemedicine and mHealth applications that use wireless networks to connect ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Nokia N900 now available in US
Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 18, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
1
Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices ...
May 06, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
0
Cloud computing brings cost of protein research down to Earth
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center in Milwaukee have just made the very expensive and promising area of protein research more accessible to scientists worldwide.
Apr 10, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
NASA's SkyView Delivers the Multiwavelength Cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some three million times a year, researchers, educators, and amateur astronomers all over the world ask NASA's SkyView virtual observatory to serve up images of some interesting corner of ...
Feb 04, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
