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Europe still has a rich reservoir of unknown species

You could be forgiven for thinking that all of Europe's plants and animals were discovered, documented and named a long time ago. But it turns out that nothing could be further from the truth.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Automated image analysis arises from handcraft and machine learning

The amount of visual information increases with tremendous speed. The archives of television networks, image bank databases and social media in the web are all bursting with billions of pictures – and more is produced ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool for visualizing the distribution of vascular plants in Belgium

The Belgian Biodiversity Platform has just released a new website "IFBL Data Portal, Explore Flora Checklists of Belgium". It aggregates about 23,000 checklists of vascular plants in Belgium, compiled since 1939 ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study solves mystery of horse domestication

New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks as they spread throughout Europe and Asia. The research was ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

How a smart, decentralized Energy Web is essential for managing renewable energy sources

(PhysOrg.com) -- A decade ago, Gnutella, Kazaa and other early peer-to-peer (P2P) systems showed that a decentralized approach to managing large-scale, widely distributed systems could offer many essential ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Wolfram Alpha Could Answer Questions that Google Can't

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (35) | comments 17 weblog

New research provides clear answer to debate on dinosaur posture

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published today (22nd February) provides, for the first time, a clear answer to the debate as to whether Triceratops and other extinct creatures took on a more mammal-like or more ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New surveillance camera system provides text feed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a prototype surveillance camera and computer system to analyze the camera images and deliver a text feed describing ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Oxford, Harvard scientists lead data-sharing effort: New standards allow disparate data sets to integrate

Led by researchers at University of Oxford and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard University, more than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations around the globe have agreed on a common standard ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers show how to use mobiles to spy on people

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have demonstrated how it is possible to use GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) data along with a few tools to track down a person’s mobile phone number and their location, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Google strikes deal to preserve DNA data online

Concerned that the federal government might not keep funding the world's largest free database of genetic data, Google Inc. has forged a deal with a Mountain View, Calif., startup to keep the information online - and free ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Oracle rejects $272M SAP award, demands new trial

Business software maker Oracle Corp. has turned down $272 million in court-ordered damages from SAP AG in hopes of leaving a much bigger dent in its rival's pocketbook and reputation during a second trial over allegations ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Time zone database has new home after lawsuit

The organization in charge of the Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

First 'white space' devices about to debut

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google, and eight other already approved companies are likely to soon be joined by Microsoft as they all take a giant leap into the great "white space" unknown. Because bandwidth for computing devices has ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Ted Bundy's DNA added to database in hope of solving cold cases

The DNA profile of Ted Bundy, one of the United States' most notorious serial killers, was uploaded Friday into a national database in the hope that the new material will help solve murder cases that have gone cold over the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Database

A database is an integrated collection of logically related records or files that is stored in a computer system which consolidates records previously stored in separate files into a common pool of data records that provides data for many applications. A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. In one view, databases can be classified according to types of content: bibliographic, full-text, numeric, and images. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model. The model that is most commonly used today is the relational model. Other models such as the hierarchical model and the network model use a more explicit representation of relationships.

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