Blekko launches human-driven search engine
(AP) -- If Google and Wikipedia were to procreate, their offspring might look something like Blekko, a new search engine with results culled by people, not computer algorithms.
Internet
Nov 1, 2010
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Researchers develop algebraic model to monitor cellular change
Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed a novel algebraic model of DNA "hybridization," a process central to most biotechnology devices that monitor changes in cell's ...
General Physics
Nov 1, 2010
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Grasses have potential as alternate ethanol crop, study finds
Money may not grow on trees, but energy could grow in grass. Researchers at the University of Illinois have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential bioenergy grass crops in the Midwestern ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2010
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VIMS scientists help solve mystery of 'alien pod'
Tracy Collier, an employee at Home Technologies in Newport News, Virginia, was walking her employer's Westie around the Center's manmade lake on Thursday when she saw a large, mysterious blob floating in the water.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2010
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Generational research on drosophila sheds light on genetic mechanism of evolution
Molly Burke doesn’t study fruit flies because she loves tiny, winged crawlers that feast on rotting bananas. No, like generations of geneticists before her, the UC Irvine doctoral student uses the flies because "they’re ...
Evolution
Nov 1, 2010
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Study: Election and high unemployment add to fears for real estate
Uncertainty persists in Florida’s real estate markets, aggravated by the state’s high jobless rate and fears about the upcoming election, a new University of Florida survey finds.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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Eco-friendly fridge clearly has drawback
GE is introducing a super-eco refrigerator, and I predict some versions will be a hard sell. Not because the fridge isn't an ecological breakthrough. It is.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 1, 2010
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D.C. hacking raises questions about future of online voting
For the upcoming election, Washington, D.C., was preparing to allow some voters to send their ballots in over the Internet. It's a good thing election officials tested the system first.
Other
Nov 1, 2010
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Marshall Islands plan seawall to block rising seas
The low-lying Marshall Islands, a Pacific atoll chain that rises barely a metre above sea level, has announced plans for a wall to hold back rising sea levels.
Environment
Nov 1, 2010
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Time for a rain dance? Research finds 'cloud seeding' doesn't produce rain
In many areas of the world, including California's Mojave Desert, rain is a precious and rare resource. To encourage rainfall, scientists use "cloud seeding," a weather modification process designed to increase precipitation ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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