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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 ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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300 years of list-making
Personal inventories spanning three centuries are helping researchers unlock the mysteries of how economies edge towards growth and prosperity.
May 23, 2011 |
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Developing a library of cancer proteins
Ten years after the first human genome was sequenced, science is about to reach a new milestone. Researchers are now turning their attention to the products which use genes as instructions for their assembly: ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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New satellite data reveals true decline of world's mangrove forests
New satellite imagery has given scientists the most comprehensive and exact data on the distribution and decline of mangrove forests from across the world. The research, carried out by scientists from the U.S Geological Survey ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Judge hears Google book arguments; no ruling soon
(AP) -- Supporters of Google's effort to create the world's largest digital library on the Internet told a federal judge Thursday that it would benefit society, while opponents said it would infringe on copyright protections ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Scientists announce top 10 new species
(PhysOrg.com) -- The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists - scientists responsible for species exploration and classification ...
May 22, 2009 |
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Relationships in rank and file: Better sequence searches of genes and proteins
Since the sequencing of the human genome eight years ago, enormous progress has been made in analyzing and understanding it. Nevertheless, the function of most human genes is still barely understood. An important first step ...
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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MySpace looks to USC to help servers keep up with users
How do you keep a potential half-billion social networkers current? A Viterbi School of Engineering expert tackles the growth problems of one of the world's largest computing systems.
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Report: African, Asian, Latin American farm animals face extinction
With the world’s first global inventory of farm animals showing many breeds of African, Asian, and Latin American livestock at risk of extinction, scientists from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ...
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Sep 03, 2007 |
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Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project
Here in the East Gulf Coastal Plain, one of North America’s premier and most imperiled regions for botanical biodiversity, Florida State University is leading an ambitious project that will create high-resolution ...
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Apr 09, 2007 |
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