News tagged with network anomalies


Developing a neighborhood watch for the Internet

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Internet network performance problems are not only annoying to users -- they are costly to businesses and network operators. But since the Internet has no built-in monitoring system, network problems often go unnoticed.





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Pregnancy study finds strong association between two antidepressants and heart anomalies

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times higher in women taking ...


New wireless sensor network keeps tabs on the environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 04, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Have you ever wondered what happens in the rainforest when no one is looking? Research in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question.


Sociologists debate: Are Americans really isolated?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A widely publicized analysis of social network size, which reported dramatically increasing social isolation when it was published in 2006, has sparked an academic debate in the August issue of the American Sociological Re ...


Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...


Sounding out heart problems automatically

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sounding the chest with a cold stethoscope is probably one of the most commonly used diagnostics in the medical room after peering down the back of the throat while the patient says, "Aaaah". But, research published in the ...


New algorithm charts evolution of genetic networks during fruit fly life cycle

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new algorithm developed by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists has revealed for the first time how genetic networks in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, evolve during the insect's life cycle.


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Why Does Water Expand When it Cools? A New Explanation

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (39) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us, when we take our first science classes, learn that when things cool down, they shrink. (When they heat up, we learn, they usually expand.) However, water seems to be the exception ...


Shrinking 'ridiculous' data sets to manageable size

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Two decades ago a renowned statistician described a computer data set of 1 billion bytes as "huge" and 10 trillion bytes as "ridiculous."


New report explains sea level anomaly this summer along the US Atlantic coast

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Persistent winds and a weakened current in the Mid-Atlantic contributed to higher than normal sea levels along the Eastern Seaboard in June and July, according to a new NOAA technical report.


Making digital maps more current and accurate

Making digital maps more current and accurate

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have designed an innovative new system to help keep motorists on the right track by constantly updating their digital maps and fixing anomalies and errors. Now the partners ...



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