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Quantitative approach to forensic fingerprint comparison studied
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded researchers at Virginia Tech a two-year, $854,907 grant to develop a quantitative approach to measuring and establishing a standard for "sufficiency" of information available ...
CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus: official
Nov 20, 2009 |
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The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.
DataONE helping scientists deal with data deluge
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through a network created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners.
FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing.
New findings suggest strategy to help generate HIV-neutralizing antibodies
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 19, 2009 |
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New discoveries about anti-HIV antibodies may bring researchers a step closer to creating an effective HIV vaccine, according to a new paper co-authored by scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute ...
Highlight: Biofunctionalized magnetic-vortex microdiscs
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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Users from Argonne's Materials Science Division and University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, working collaboratively on a user science project with CNM's Nanobio Interfaces Group, have discovered ...
Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...
It's not just dirt!
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis ...
Risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women rises steeply with age
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Among postmenopausal women, the risk of hip fractures increases steeply with age and is seven times higher in 70-year olds than in 50- year olds, according to a study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
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