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Recognise this image?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Image recognition is a long-standing challenge in science. But European researchers have achieved a breakthrough by developing a powerful image-recognition application with mass-market appeal. ...
Reality gets hyperlinked
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers can now attach hyperlinks to pictures you take using your mobile phone. It offers the prospect of new ways to discover, engage and navigate your surroundings. You wake ...
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Smoke no longer found in European hospitals
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Tobacco use is prohibited in hospitals in many European countries, although levels of compliance with this regulation differ. A study carried out by researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) has shown for the ...
Book scanning prompts review of EU copyright laws
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet.
Mislabelling drives skate to brink of extinction
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ago, reveals research published today ...
The first men and women from the Canary Islands were Berbers
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A team of Spanish and Portuguese researchers has carried out molecular genetic analysis of the Y chromosome (transmitted only by males) of the aboriginal population of the Canary Islands to determine their ...
Study looks at scientific, cultural perspectives on race
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study compares personal perceptions of race, color and ancestry of Brazilian high school students with the results of genetic ancestry tests, with the aim of investigating the tensions between cultural ...
Single gene may cause curly hair
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia have identified a single gene that strongly influences whether you have curly or straight hair.
Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A new calculation of Europe's greenhouse gas balance shows that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide tip the balance and eliminate Europe's terrestrial sink of greenhouse gases.
Swine flu -- were people in the UK ever really that concerned?
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Three quarters of European people surveyed between the 30th April and 6th May 2009 said they were either not at all concerned or only a little concerned about swine flu. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC In ...
New portal for plant genomics will support research into improved crops
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Today sees the launch of Ensembl Plants - a freely available web resource for plant genomics research - by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), in partnership with the ...
Energy consumption makes Spanish forestry unsustainable
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Spain is one of the leading European countries, along with Sweden, in terms of wood production for paper paste, but this uses large amounts of energy. Spanish and Swedish scientists have compared the environmental ...
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