The large majority of Australian university research projects have considerable impact on society, according to new findings from the sector.

Other Sciences - Other

Nov 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

University of Michigan researchers are conducting a detailed study of the potential environmental and societal effects of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas drilling process known as fracking.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 28, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 2

An in-depth, authoritative assessment of women in university research has found that although there has been significant progress in the representation of women in the university research ranks, there are still gender equity ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 21, 2012 not rated yet 3

(AP)—Google and major book publishers have settled a lengthy legal battle over digital copyrights, but a bigger dispute still looms with thousands of authors who allege that Google is illegally profiting ...

Technology - Business

Oct 04, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1

(AP)—Britain's government says a new research institute partly funded by the country's eavesdropping spy agency will ask mathematicians and computer scientists to join the fight against cyber threats.

Technology - Internet

Sep 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- Experts say the flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma can't be blamed on man's thirst for oil and gas.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 07, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 1

A judge warned lawyers for authors and publishers and Google Tuesday that he will decide whether snippets of books can be sold online without the permission of copyright holders if the sides do not settle their 6-year-old ...

Technology - Internet

Jul 19, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students, here's an Internet site you can footnote. The entries in the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy are written by leading experts and vetted by others before they appear. From quantum mechanics ...

Other Sciences - Other

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