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Your computer could open door to cyberpredators

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

They're hacking into computers, secretly watching girls on webcams, and using sophisticated techniques to disguise child pornography and thwart law enforcement. Across the globe, men with advanced computer and Internet skills ...





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Scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism

Scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have reached a milestone in the study of emergent magnetism.


Study probes impact of CSI-style programming on jurors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new psychological study from the University of Leicester aims to investigate how accurate people's perceptions about forensic science are, where these beliefs come from, and how this forensic awareness ...


Rainforest rehab in every sense

Rainforest rehab in every sense

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sophisticated sensors that measure leaf wetness, soil moisture and temperature are helping rehabilitate rainforest in the Springbrook World Heritage precinct in south-east Queensland.


Drug marketing techniques may be risking patient safety

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever before, patients' safety is being compromised, warns a study published on bmj.com today.


Cyber criminals cloak their tracks

Technology / Internet

created Feb 13, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The 2007 X-Force Security report from IBM finds a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by criminals on Web browsers worldwide. According to IBM, by attacking the browsers of computer users, cyber criminals are ...


Engineer: Computer learning, electrical stimulation offer hope for paralyzed

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster.


Why people fall victim to scams

Why people fall victim to scams

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The psychological reasons consumers may fall victim to mass marketed scams are revealed today in groundbreaking research.


Scientists develop way to predict properties of light nuclei

Physics / General Physics

created May 21, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Scientists have spent 70 years trying to predict the properties of nuclei, but have had to settle for approximate models because computational techniques were not equal to the task.


Semisynthesis of Homogeneous Glycoproteins

Enzyme with a Sugar Antenna: Researchers achieve semisynthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins

Chemistry /

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all human proteins, as well as many important pharmaceutical agents, are glycoproteins, which means that they contain sugar components. In general, natural glycoproteins ...


Task force develops new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedure should be carefully analyzed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in every patient, according to a new guideline ...



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