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One-stop shop for grid computing (w/ Video)

From searching for cures for disease to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere, grid computing has become essential to data-intensive research. But accessing limited grid resources is not always a simple task. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cyber spying a threat, and everyone is in on it

(AP) -- Ghost hackers infiltrating the computers of Tibetan exiles and the U.S. electric grid have pulled the curtain back on 21st-century espionage as nefarious as anything from the Cold War - and far more difficult to stop.

Technology / Business

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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A bronze matryoshka doll: The metal in the metal in the metal

A doll in a doll, and then one more, enveloping them from the outside – this is how Thomas Faessler explains his molecule. He packs one atom in a cage within an atom framework. With their large surfaces ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap alternative to traditional solar cells

Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain

Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Driving the green: New study suggests that electric-powered trucks will save money for businesses

A company looking to purchase an electric-powered delivery truck today will likely experience some sticker shock: Such a vehicle costs nearly $150,000, compared to about $50,000 for the same kind of truck ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

An emergency network for natural disasters

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and geographic information ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An electronic green thumb

If sensors are supposed to communicate with each other to compare the measured data and to secure them, then, in the future, a network of distributed sensor nodes will aid in that: the network ensures a problem-free communication ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sun delivered curveball of powerful radiation at Earth

A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Friday (Jan. 17, 2012), just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Managing research information: one size does not fit all

Research councils, publishing houses, libraries and learned societies need to tailor their efforts to help physical scientists gather, manage and share research information.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Philips develops efficient solar powered LED street lighting

Philips has developed what is said to be the world’s most efficient and cost effective solar powered LED street lighting solution per km of road.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

NXP demonstrates groundbreaking solar street lighting solution at CES 2012

NXP Semiconductors announced that it has developed an innovative, sustainable and highly efficient solar-powered street lighting solution, together with Philips Lighting. The groundbreaking Solar Gen2 solution, which NXP ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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