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Dialect Detectives

Dialect Detectives

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology under development by Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo and his colleagues at Lincoln Laboratory may lead to a dialect identification system that compensates for a translator's inexperience ...





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Genetic loci assigned for musical aptitude in Finnish families

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers from Finland and USA have identified one major and several potential loci associated with musical aptitude in the human genome. The results raise an interesting question about common evolutionary background of ...


Are you a different person when you speak a different language?

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 1

People who are bicultural and speak two languages may actually shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Bridging the gap between wireless sensor networks and the scientists who use them

Technology / Engineering

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks is designed for easy use by geologists who might use them to monitor volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds' nesting ...


Why can’t I learn a new language?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 4

Adults, even the brightest ones, often struggle with learning new languages. Dr Nina Kazanina in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bristol explains why.


Women face ID problem after cosmetic surgery trip

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A group of Chinese women who travelled to South Korea for cosmetic surgery baffled immigration officers on their return home when their new looks did not match their passport photos.


Sign language

Sign language puzzle solved

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have known for 40 years that even though it takes longer to use sign language to sign individual words, sentences can be signed, on average, in the same time it takes to say them, ...


Language centers revealed, brain surgery refined with new mapping

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neurosurgeons from the University of California, San Francisco are reporting significant results of a new brain mapping technique that allows for the safe removal of tumors near language pathways in the brain. The technique ...


Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service

Google adds translation to main search engine

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.


Google Go

Google Go gets going (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.


Novel K-anonimity algorithm safeguards access to data

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected. This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. ...



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