Research
hideResearch is defined as human activity based on intellectual application in the investigation of matter. The primary purpose for applied research is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe. Research can use the scientific method, but need not do so.
Scientific research relies on the application of the scientific method, a harnessing of curiosity. This research provides scientific information and theories for the explanation of the nature and the properties of the world around us. It makes practical applications possible. Scientific research is funded by public authorities, by charitable organisations and by private groups, including many companies. Scientific research can be subdivided into different classifications according to their academic and application disciplines.
Historical research is embodied in the historical method.
The term research is also used to describe an entire collection of information about a particular subject.
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GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous ...
Researchers develop next-generation computer antivirus system
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Antivirus software on your personal computer could become a thing of the past thanks to a new "cloud computing" approach to malicious software detection developed at the University of Michigan. ...
Researchers Plan to Simulate Movements of 300 Million Americans
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Virginia Tech are developing a computer simulation that matches the movements of all 300 million people in towns across the US. The team hopes that the model will help them ...
Dutch researchers crack Internet security of the future
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in The Netherlands have managed to crack the so-called McEliece encryption system. This system is a candidate for the security of Internet traffic in the age of the ...
Mammals can be stimulated to regrow damaged inner retina nerve cells
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Nov 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have reported for the first time that mammals can be stimulated to regrow inner nerve cells in their damaged retinas. Located in the back of the eye, the retina's role in vision ...
This is your grid on brains
Oct 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Managing power networks in the future may involve a little more brain power than it does today, if researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology succeed in a new project that ...
Angiotensin receptor blockers are lower incidence, progression of Alzheimer's disease
Jul 28, 2008 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, found that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)—a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines—are associated with a striking decrease ...
New method can capture catalysis, one molecule at a time
Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events.
Protein thought to promote cancer instead functions as a tumor suppressor
Jul 07, 2008 |
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A protein previously thought to promote colorectal cancer instead suppresses the growth of human cancer cells in culture, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Do laser printers emit harmful particles?
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have investigated the possibility that laser printers emit pathogenic toner particles into the air, which has been a subject of public controversy. Some reports have suggested ...
Potential new drug for cocaine addiction and overdose
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Chemists are reporting development of what they term the most powerful substance ever discovered for eliminating cocaine from the body, an advance that could lead to the world's first effective medicine for ...
Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the ...
Reality gets hyperlinked
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers can now attach hyperlinks to pictures you take using your mobile phone. It offers the prospect of new ways to discover, engage and navigate your surroundings. You wake ...
Researchers introduce next generation tool for visualizing genomic data
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Aug 04, 2008 |
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Researchers are collecting vast amounts of diverse genomic data with ever-increasing speed, but effective ways to visualize these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them. To address this ...
New materials for microwave cookware that heats faster with less energy
Jul 28, 2008 |
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You may soon be enjoying microwave popcorn and other 'nuked' foods and beverages faster than ever before, while saving on electricity. Researchers in Pennsylvania and Japan report development of new ceramic ...
