Vt. ponders more monitoring of worker web surfing
(AP) -- A move by state agencies to crack down on inappropriate Web surfing by state employees has erupted in the Statehouse as a debate over workplace privacy rights.
Internet
Apr 29, 2010
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Virginia Tech students build CHARLI, a full-sized humanoid robot (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- As CHARLI takes his first steps, anxious onlookers stand ready to catch him if he falls. His stride is short, but upright, as one foot is placed in front of the other in the basement of Virginia Tech’s ...
Robotics
Apr 29, 2010
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Mad scramble as oil slick nears Louisiana coast
Offshore winds pushed a giant oil slick closer to the Louisiana coast Thursday amid a frenzied effort by authorities to contain what one official said had become a disaster of "national significance."
Environment
Apr 29, 2010
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India's electronic voting machines are vulnerable to attack (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic voting machines in India, the world's largest democracy, are vulnerable to fraud, according to a collaborative study involving a University of Michigan computer scientist.
Computer Sciences
Apr 29, 2010
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Highlight: Bacterial biofilms make the seeds of their own undoing
The slime on your shower walls, the plaque on your teeth, the coatings that can form on medical instruments or hospital surfaces--all of these are bacterial biofilms, communities of bacteria that can persist despite scrubbing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2010
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How important is geographical isolation in speciation?
A genetic study of island lizards shows that even those that have been geographically isolated for many millions of years have not evolved into separate species as predicted by conventional evolutionary theory. Professor ...
Biotechnology
Apr 29, 2010
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Watching the watchers: Researchers Study National Efforts to Censor Traffic on the Internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jed Crandall and Ph.D. student Jong Chun Park are preparing to go to Genoa, Italy this summer to present their latest findings on Internet Censorship to the 30th International ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 29, 2010
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'Different forms of flowers' continues to fascinate
Although Charles Darwin is most well-known both for his book "On the Origin of Species" and his theories on natural selection, he once stated, "I do not think anything in my scientific life has given me so much satisfaction ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2010
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Is everything really better in 3-D?
From its heyday in the 1950s to its current resurgence, 3-D technology has gone from a cinematic gimmick to a box-office gold mine. James Cameron’s Avatar, heralded for its creation of a three-dimensional fantasy world, ...
Other
Apr 29, 2010
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Academic claims that election colours have faded
As the UK election looms, a historian at the University of Hertfordshire has revealed that political colours have lost much of their impact.
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2010
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