News tagged with networking model

Bio-inspired computer networks self-organise and learn

(PhysOrg.com) -- Powerful computers made up of physically separate modules, self-organising networks, and computing inspired by biological systems are three hot research topics coming together in one European ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Leaf veins inspire a new model for distribution networks (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the straight and narrow may be good moral advice, but it’s not a great design principle for a distribution network. In new research, a team of biophysicists describe a complex netting of interconnected ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Method of the future uses single-cell imaging to identify gene interactions

Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have d ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IU informaticists show new levels of refinement in predicting human mobility, epidemic spread

(PhysOrg.com) -- The interplay of human mobility patterns like those between local metropolitan commuters and long-range airline travelers during a global epidemic can be modeled in such detail so as to offer ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter still seeking ways to cash in

Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New model suggests how the brain might stay in balance

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have theorized for decades about how neural networks might be able to accomplish the incredibly complex calculations the human brain performs all the time. But simply stabilizing ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3

How do you say grid computing in Spanish?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Encouraged by the success of grid computing in Europe, scientists there set out to help their Latin American colleagues develop grid capability. The result today is a thriving trans-Atlantic collaboration. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Strictly ballroom analysis: Computers get to know their rumba from their cha-cha-cha

Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music archivists with large numbers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils

A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intel boosts Facebook users power for research

Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.

Technology / Software

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Community-driven, open source solution for B2B transactions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new open source, Web 2.0-inspired solution for building and managing business relationships online promises to level the playing field for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Technology / Software

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Algebra adds value to mathematical biology education

As mathematics continues to become an increasingly important component in undergraduate biology programs, a more comprehensive understanding of the use of algebraic models is needed by the next generation of biologists to ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Toward a systems biology map of iron metabolism

Scientists at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have taken the first steps toward constructing a ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the age of Facebook, researcher plumbs shifting online relationships

A University of Kansas professor is researching details of relationships forged on social networking sites and determining their significance, depth and potential.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Food choices evolve through information overload

Ever been so overwhelmed by a huge restaurant menu that you end up choosing an old favourite instead of trying something new?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0