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Researchers patent enabling technology for spread-spectrum systems

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you've ever gotten the dreaded "network busy" message while trying to make a cell phone call, you've experienced the complication of sharing a single network with numerous other users.


Invasive Species on the March: Variable Rates of Spread Set Current Limits to Predictability

Invasive Species on the March: Variable Rates of Spread Set Current Limits to Predictability

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether for introduced muskrats in Europe or oak trees in the United Kingdom, zebra mussels in United States lakes or agricultural pests around the world, scientists have tried to find new ...


Researchers examine role of climate change in disease spread

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GALVESTON, Texas — Ever since scientists first proposed that our planet might be experiencing widespread climate change, concerns have been raised about its implications for the spread of arboviruses - viruses carried by ...


Connectivity illuminates risk of spread of crop pests, diseases

Biology /

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The United States is one of the most important crop production areas in the world, so its vulnerability to crop pests is a vital concern. Ten such pests are estimated to enter the country every year, and the federal government ...


Pacific people spread from Taiwan

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New research into language evolution suggests most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan around 5,200 years ago.


Speed matters for ice-shelf breaking

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 27, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

It won't help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice sheets, according to a team of Penn ...