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Cloud computing and Argonne program help decode German E. coli strain

When a nasty strain of E. coli flooded hospitals in Germany this summer, it struck its victims with life-threatening complications far more often than most strains—and the search for explanation began.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Porn company is amassing 1-800 numbers

(AP) -- For years, teenagers across the U.S. could call a toll-free hotline if they had embarrassing questions about AIDS and safe sex. Dial the same number now and you get a recording of giggling women offering ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Linking geometric problems to physics could open door to new solutions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton scientist with an interdisciplinary bent has taken two well-known problems in mathematics and reformulated them as a physics question, offering new tools to solve challenges relevant to a host ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Smart phones easily invaded, researchers find

Security researchers Nick DePetrillo and Don Bailey have discovered a seven-digit numerical code that can unlock all kinds of secrets about you. It's your phone number.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

'Virtual cell' could bring benefits of simulation to biology

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a matter of months, bioengineer Markus Covert, PhD, expects to unveil the first "whole-cell" computer model of an organism.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fighting disease atom by atom: Atomic map of hepatitis E may reveal strategies to fight it

Researchers at Rice University and their international colleagues have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis E (HEV). Their findings, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers break the animal kingdom's colour code

Charles Darwin was fascinated by the colours of animals - he once wrote to his colleague Alfred Russell Wallace asking why certain animals were "so
beautifully and artistically coloured".

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Good code, bad computations: A computer security gray area

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to make sure your computer or server is not tricked into undertaking malicious or undesirable behavior, it's not enough to keep bad code out of the system.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 1


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