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Experts uncover weakness in Internet security

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Independent security researchers in California and researchers at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands, EPFL in Switzerland, and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have found ...





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Workplace BPA exposure increases risk of male sexual dysfunction

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal Human Reproduction.


Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Technology / Energy

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Big things often come in small packages. That's certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory.


Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake

Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than a year into an excavation project of the men's gymnasium that was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, Stanford university archaeologist Laura Jones' team has unearthed evidence suggesting why the newly ...


Nation's hip fracture rate could drop 25 percent with aggressive osteoporosis prevention

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of the Journal of Bone & ...


Expect the unexpected when adapting to climate change in Africa, says leading researcher

Expect the unexpected when adapting to climate change in Africa, says researcher

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nations, communities and families in Africa need to safeguard their homes and livelihoods against the unpredictable effects of climate change, according to a discussion paper written by Imperial ...


INL scientist is harnessing the power of plasma

INL scientist is harnessing the power of plasma

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Most schoolchildren learn that everything in the universe is a solid, a liquid or a gas. But those lessons miss the fourth and by far most common state of matter: plasma.


Obese women gain too much weight in pregnancy, then retain weight a year later

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obese women who gain more than the recommended amount during pregnancy are much more likely to retain a portion of that weight one year after they give birth, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November ...


INL, ISU team on nanoparticle production breakthrough

INL, ISU team on nanoparticle production breakthrough

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 1

Every hour, the sun floods Earth with more energy than the entire world consumes in a year. Yet solar power accounts for less than 0.002 percent of all electricity generated in the United States, primarily ...


Household robots do not protect users' security and privacy, researchers say

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

People are increasingly using household robots for chores, communication, entertainment and companionship. But safety and privacy risks of information-gathering objects that move around our homes are not yet adequately addressed, ...


U.S. ITER awards contracts worth $33 million for materials for ITER's largest magnets

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. ITER Project Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has awarded two contracts totaling $33.6 million for 8,270 km of niobium tin strand and 4,795 km of copper strand for the Toroidal Field Conductor, ...



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