University of Gothenburg, Sweden, conducts a yearly survey of Swedes' media use called Mediebarometern, which started in 1979. The results for the 2009 survey are now complete and show that Net media are increasingly strong, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2010
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Climate change could cause increasing and unpredictable hazard risks in mountainous regions, according to a new study from the University of Exeter and Austrian researchers. The study analyses the effects of two extreme weather ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2010
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ESA's comet-chaser Rosetta is heading for a blind date with asteroid Lutetia. Rosetta does not yet know what Lutetia looks like but beautiful or otherwise the two will meet on 10 July.
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2010
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Research in Motion (RIM) is developing a touchscreen smartphone with a slide-out keyboard and a tablet device to serve as a larger-screen companion to its popular BlackBerry, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 15, 2010
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A groundbreaking study of banded mongooses in Uganda has shown even small-brained animals pass on traditions, giving a valuable insight into how complex human culture could have evolved.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2010
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Apple's hugely successful applications store has spawned similar setups around the world but it will be tough to compete with the US technology giant, an industry expert said Tuesday.
Business
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By building a machine that uses 2,000 bouncing beads to spin a paddle and perform work, researchers from the University of Twente have finally realized a long-debated thought experiment.
(PhysOrg.com) -- As workers battle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and officials attempt to decontaminate a clam boat that dredged up old munitions containing mustard gas, a Texas Tech University researcher said his product ...
Materials Science
Jun 15, 2010
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An online company has begun marketing an "Anti Vuvuzela Filter" that promises to silence the sound of the controversial plastic trumpets that have become the trademark of South Africa's World Cup.
Other
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a company based in Kyoto in Japan, has made what they claim to be the world's first ultra-thin (0.9 mm thick) waterproof piezoelectric speaker.
