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Significant variations found among medical centers regarding bloodstream infections surveillance

The quality of public reporting of bloodstream infection rates among hospitals may be effected by the variation in surveillance methods, according to a study in the November 10 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

UA engineer designs better error-correction code

(PhysOrg.com) -- One company already has licensed the technology from the UA, and patents are pending to meet growing computer industry demand for the error-correction algorithm developed by Bane Vasic.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Improving U.S. missile defense

Researchers at Purdue University are working with the U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency to develop software that would improve the ability to manage the large volume of incoming data during an enemy attack.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

YIP research leads to new security algorithms

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research's Young Investigator Research Program is enabling new scientists and engineers with exceptional ability to do creative basic research, enhance their career development ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers break speed barrier in solving important class of linear systems

Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have devised an innovative and elegantly concise algorithm that can efficiently solve systems of linear equations that are critical to such important computer applications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New search method tracks down influential ideas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas, a technique that could make it easier to gauge the influence of notable scholarly papers, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New tool in the fight against tuberculosis

Researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois have developed a way to harness the prodigious quantities of both genomic and metabolic data being generated with high-throughput ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tea leaves identified using neural networks

A team of chemists from the University of Seville (US, Spain) has managed to distinguish between different kinds of tea leaves on the basis of their mineral content and by using artificial neural networks. ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fundamental algorithm gets first improvement in 10 years

The maximum-flow problem, or max flow, is one of the most basic problems in computer science: First solved during preparations for the Berlin airlift, it’s a component of many logistical problems and a staple ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New supercomputer 'sees' well enough to drive a car someday (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Navigating our way down the street is something most of us take for granted; we seem to recognize cars, other people, trees and lampposts instantaneously and without much thought. In fact, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Facial recognition techniques studied by BBS team

Rapid improvements in facial-recognition software mean airport security workers might one day know with near certainty whether they're looking at a stressed-out tourist or staring a terrorist in the eye. ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wall Street's super traders come under fire

A handful of traders who master stock markets using ultra-fast computers may soon face a clampdown by US watchdogs as they try to prevent freak electronic glitches.

Technology / Business

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Microsoft Excel-based algorithm predicts cancer prognosis

Using readily available computer programs, researchers have developed a system to identify genes that will be useful in the classification of breast cancer. The algorithm, described in BioMed Central's open access Journal of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robots learning from experience (w/ Video)

Software that enables robots to move objects about a room, building up ever-more knowledge about their environment, is an important step forward in artificial intelligence.

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 16 | with audio podcast