Three values determine most whether end users and other parties involved accept a smart electricity meter in their home: privacy, active consent for passing on data and the correctness of that data – in this order. For ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 27, 2014
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Scientists have demonstrated that Mimosa pudica plants not only learn from experience—they also remember what they have learnt over extended periods of time.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2014
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An insolvency expert has warned that celebrities may increasingly be abusing the bankruptcy system in order to maximise their earnings and reduce the amount of tax they pay.
Economics & Business
Mar 27, 2014
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Victoria Erb stood in the back of the boat with her classmates and watched three sharks cut through the crystal clear water of Belize's Great Blue Hole.
Ecology
Mar 27, 2014
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NASA achieved a major milestone this month in its effort to transform the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida into a multi-user spaceport by successfully completing the initial design and technology development phase ...
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2014
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This week marks 50 years since the Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of 1964 – the largest and most destructive recorded tsunami to ever strike the pacific coast – as well as National Tsunami Preparedness Week in the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2014
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A gas and dust cloud collapses to form a star. Amid a whirling disc of debris, little bits of rock coated with liquid water and ice begin to stick together. It is this stage of a star's formation that astronomers hope to ...
Astronomy
Mar 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers affiliated with universities in Sweden and Denmark has published a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters, suggesting that current theories that describe the makeup of the crust of ...
(Phys.org) —Genetics provides stunning new answers to the question of human evolution, according to Auckland cancer researcher, Dr Graeme Finlay.
Evolution
Mar 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of chemists in Switzerland has developed a new way to protect cash inside of ATM machines from thieves—by automatically setting off a nasty chemical reaction if the machine is molested. The group has ...
