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Removing 'black sheep' could make Internet run more efficiently

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether dealing with Internet traffic or vehicle traffic, congestion can slow everything down. One team of researchers working on improving network transmission efficiency has developed a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 16 | with audio podcast report

Ant’s social network similar to Facebook

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface presents findings that show that not all ants are as social as others. Similar to your friends on Facebook, some ants communicate with o ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Electric drive concepts for the cars of the future

The prospects look good that wheel hub motors will successfully become the accepted drive concept for electric vehicles. German researchers are engineering these motors, which are integrated into the car's ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

World's biggest Wave Hub installed off UK coast

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wave energy generation test site called the "Wave Hub" is being set up off Cornwall’s northern coast. The site is the first offshore wave energy site in the UK, and will allow four wave ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 report

New USB hub cuts a cord

I maintain that anything helping me to get rid of wires is aces with me. Basically I can't stand wires. I truly believe that anyone who has confronted the rat's nest of wires behind their desk must be in agreement ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 11

Argonne helps the grid get smart

President Barack Obama has called for one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to hit the road by 2015. If the demand for PHEVs skyrockets, a flood of new electric cars could strain America’s power ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Social networking for terrorists

A new approach to analyzing social networks, reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences, could help homeland security find the covert connections between the people behind terrorist attack ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

S.Korea announces multi-billion dollar plan for new city (Update)

South Korea Monday announced a 14.6 billion dollar blueprint to develop a new city as a science and education hub, scrapping controversial plans to relocate much of the government there.

Technology / Business

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Boost for wave energy: half the Wave Hub berths now filled

Two of the four berths at an EU-funded grid-connected offshore marine-energy test site have now been filled. Wave Hub, located off the Cornish coast in the United Kingdom, is the largest test site of its type in the world. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hitachi ships two new 4TB hard drives

For many, the hard drive is the hub of a digital life. It’s a workhorse in your Mac or PC. It’s a place where you edit video, store digital memories, watch home videos and movies, and save your most important files. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Repairs on Kenya web cable to take three weeks

An undersea fibre optic Internet cable that was sliced by a ship's anchor in the Kenyan port of Mombasa will be fully repaired in about three weeks, an official said Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake

(AP) -- Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake.

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Swine Flu vaccination: voluntary system works

(PhysOrg.com) -- Social interaction between neighbours, work colleagues and other communities and social groups makes voluntary vaccination programs for epidemics such as Swine Flu, SARS or Bird Flu a surprisingly ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0