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Charities see potential, risk with social networks

Technology / Internet

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Meredith Bowen was getting tired of requests from Facebook friends to exchange make-believe pansies, daffodils and tiny cartoon characters for her "(Lil) Green Patch," a virtual garden that sprouted on her social-networking ...





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Republicans to whip up support with Blackberry app

Technology / Software

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Republican leadership in the US House of Representatives unveiled a free application for the Blackberry on Thursday to keep users up to date on the latest in Congress through their cellphones.


The IUD is the most popular long-acting contraceptive amongst Europeans

The IUD is the most popular long-acting contraceptive amongst Europeans

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A European study has defined the profile for the usage of long-acting contraceptive methods. The work, presented with the National Congress of Gynaecology award, shows, amongst other things, that 10% of women ...


Scientists Use the 'Dark Web' to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online

Scientists Use the 'Dark Web' to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 11, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Terrorists and extremists have set up shop on the Internet, using it to recruit new members, spread propaganda and plan attacks across the world. The size and scope of these dark corners of the Web are vast ...


New initiative to automate discovery of astrophysical phenomena

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Automated methods for discovering astrophysical phenomena by sifting through massive amounts of cosmological data are being developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University and the University ...


Researchers show how to divide and conquer 'social network' of cells

Researchers show how to divide and conquer 'social network' of cells

Biology / Biotechnology

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

On Noah's Ark animals came in twos: male and female. In human bodies trillions of cells are coupled, too, and so are the molecules from which they are composed. Yet these don't come in twos, they are regrouped ...


A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...


Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer.


Grant awarded to improve the security of mobile devices and cellular networks

Grant awarded to improve the security of mobile devices and cellular networks

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smart phones -- like BlackBerrys and iPhones -- have become indispensable to today's highly mobile workforce and tech-savvy youngsters. While these devices keep friends and colleagues just a few thumb-taps ...


DNA molecules in moss open door to new biotechnology

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plasmids, which are DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells, have played an important role in gene technology. Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have now demonstrated that plasmid-based methods, ...


Australian researchers first in the world to solve the genetic code of canola

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, the genetic code of canola was a mystery. Australian researcher Dr David Edwards, in collaboration with Bayer CropScience and Keygene N.V., is the first in the world to have solved the code, ...



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