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Study: Behavior of Online Reviewers Affects Their Credibility

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers increasingly rely on recommendations in online forums, such as Amazon.com and Angieslist.com, when deciding which products and services to buy. But, in most cases, they've never met the posters ...





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Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking (AP)

NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking

Space & Earth / Environment

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(AP) -- The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?


P&G to stop e-coupons for Kroger loyalty cards

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. is getting a digital divorce from Kroger Co., severing the online coupon program the two Cincinnati-based companies began two years ago.


Zoning the ocean may help endangered whales to recover

Biology / Ecology

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation. The team's findings, published in Animal Conservation, suggest that even small protected areas, identi ...


Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.


Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Technology / Other

created 19 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...


Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When it comes to finger sensitivity, bigger isn't always better.


Study reveals lack of diversity in embryonic stem cell lines

Biology / Biotechnology

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according ...


New Web tool may help predict risk of second stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Scientists have developed a new web-based tool that may better predict whether a person will suffer a second stroke within 90 days of a first stroke, according to research published in the December 16, 2009, online issue ...


Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...



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