News tagged with comparison methods

New computational technique allows comparison of whole genomes as easily as whole books

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a hint from the text comparison methods used to detect plagiarism in books, college papers and computer programs, University of California, Berkeley, researchers have developed an improved ...

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Where are Facebook's friends? Stock slide deepens (Update)

(AP) -- Facebook's newly public stock is sliding further on its third trading day as investors reconsider how much the social network is worth.

Technology / Business

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Squid ink from Jurassic period identical to modern squid ink, study shows

(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers, including a University of Virginia professor, has found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant squid fossils discovered two years ago in England ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code

Imagine reading an entire book, but then realizing that your glasses did not allow you to distinguish "g" from "q." What details did you miss? Geneticists faced a similar problem with the recent discovery ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual

Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

NREL simulates shade conditions in repeatable test for solar arrays

The DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simulates real shade conditions and can predict with much greater precision the effects of shade on a solar array.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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A practical guide to green products and services

A new report published today by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides key information for policy makers and business managers on how to assess the environmental impacts ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Sun's crowning glory

(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Droplet array sheds light on drug-resistant cancer stem cells

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a miniaturized biochip for investigating the effect of drugs on cancer stem cells (CSCs). Published recently in Nano Today, this new te ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Whale population size, dynamics determined based on ancient DNA

Estimates of whale population size based on genetics versus historical records diverge greatly, making it difficult to fully understand the ecological implications of the large-scale commercial whaling of the 19th and early ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Greenhouse workers showcase soil and light

(Phys.org) -- Light and dirt can make all the difference when it comes to growing plants, stress scientists at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES). Yet many researchers fail to consider ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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