News tagged with size labeling


How big (or small) is large?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trousers have to be tried on - the variation between size labeling and actual clothing size is huge. This is shown by the report "Large? Clothing sizes and size labeling", which looks at the relationship between clothing ...





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Old hay and Alpine ibex horns reveal how grasslands respond to climate change

Old hay and Alpine ibex horns reveal how grasslands respond to climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

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How do plant ecosystems react to rising concentrations of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere over the long term? This fundamental question is becoming increasingly pressing in light of global climate ...


Earliest toothless bird found

Earliest toothless bird found

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of bird from the Cretaceous period in China has been identified. It had toothless upper and lower jaws, and provides significant information on the diversification in the evolution ...


Abundance of a look-alike species clouds population status of a million dollar fish

Biology / Ecology

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The prized white marlin, sought by anglers in million dollar prize tournaments and captured incidentally in commercial fisheries, is among the most overfished marine species under international management and the subject ...


Formula to detect an author's literary 'fingerprint'

Formula to detect an author's literary 'fingerprint'

Physics / General Physics

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Using literature written by Thomas Hardy, DH Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists in Sweden have developed a formula to detect different authors' literary 'fingerprints'.


Solar power coming to a store near you (AP)

Solar power coming to a store near you

Technology / Energy

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(AP) -- Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.


Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.


NASA's WISE Set to Blast Off and Map the Skies

NASA's WISE Set to Blast Off and Map the Skies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 14 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The countdown clock is ticking, with just days to go before the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rockets into space on a mission to map the entire sky in infrared light.


IBM Introduces New System z Linux Solutions for Large-Scale Consolidation and Savings

Technology / Software

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IBM today announced new Linux offerings for the System z mainframe to help clients run smarter and more efficient data centers that maximize the use of IT resources and reduce energy costs.


Researchers uncover chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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December 9, 2009 -Even small errors made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, and nature has developed ways to uncover these mistakes and correct them. Though in the case of one essential ...


Ubiquitous health: Enabling telemedicine to cut hospital visits, save money

Technology / Telecom

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A ubiquitous health monitoring system that automatically alerted the patient's family or physician to problematic changes in the person's vital signs could cut hospital visits and save lives, according to Japanese researchers ...



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