News tagged with resources
Grid computing, the new commodity
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a platform for trading computing resources that allows the selling and buying of standardised computing resources. In the process, they could make computing a utility like ...
Nurses in Africa know when to start antiretroviral treatment
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Nurses and clinical officers (non-physician clinicians, NPCs) are capable of determining when a person should receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Pakistan island puts wind-power to work
Jul 30, 2009 |
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A tiny island of fishermen is light years ahead of the rest of Pakistan, powering homes and businesses with wind turbines -- protecting the environment and improving the quality of life.
Dell settles federal discrimination suit for $9.1M
Jul 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dell Inc. said Friday it has agreed to settle a federal gender-discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former employees for $9.1 million.
New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation (w/ Video)
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department ...
NOAA report finds threats to California's Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary
Jun 19, 2009 |
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A new NOAA report on the health of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary's marine life and habitats is fair to good, but identifies several emerging threats to sanctuary ...
Natural gas in the Arctic is mostly Russian
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nearly one-third of the natural gas yet to be discovered in the world is north of the Arctic Circle and most of it is in Russian territory, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Unstated assumptions color Arctic sovereignty claims
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place.
Too much entanglement can render quantum computers useless
May 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "For certain tasks, quantum computers are more powerful than their classical counterparts. The task to be performed is the same for quantum or classical systems. However, the former ones can do it in a more ...
New genomic technique uncovers transcriptome of a reef-building coral
May 12, 2009 |
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Using a new technique for cDNA preparation combined with the latest sequencing methods, researchers have uncovered the larval transcriptome of a reef-building coral (Acropora millepora). Their study, descri ...
A nimbus rises in the world of cloud computing
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 08, 2009 |
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Cloud computing is a hot topic in the technology world these days. Even if you're not a tech-phile, chances are if you've watched a lot of television or skimmed a business magazine, you've heard someone talking ...
Huge public lands bill gets final congressional approval
Mar 26, 2009 |
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave long-awaited final approval to a massive public lands package designed to protect wilderness, restore rivers and expand national parks.
Activity of individual brain cells predicts cognitive flexibility
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2009 |
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A new study provides intriguing insights into mechanisms of cognitive flexibility at the single cell level. The research, published by Cell Press in the March 26th issue of the journal Neuron, may help to explain how we can ...
Limited resources, unlimited needs: Americans should ration health care, says MSU ethicist
Mar 10, 2009 |
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As health care costs soar past $2.5 trillion and more than 47 million people remain uninsured, Americans must be willing to give up certain medical options to ensure health care reform is successful, argues a Michigan State ...
Digital Life: Networking Web sites won't get you a job, but they can open doors
Mar 05, 2009 |
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I have no idea what I'm doing on LinkedIn. I log into the professional networking site maybe once a month, I accept connection requests from people whose names I don't recognize, and I never contact anyone.
