News tagged with new tools
Crows can use 'up to three tools'
(PhysOrg.com) -- New experiments by Oxford University scientists reveal that New Caledonian crows can spontaneously use up to three tools in the correct sequence to achieve a goal, something never before observed ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Crows demonstrate their cleverness with tools (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New Zealand scientists studying New Caledonian crows have found they can use three different tools in succession to gain a food treat. The crows are known to solve problems and fashion and ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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First-of-its-kind search engine will speed materials research
Researchers from the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jointly launched today a groundbreaking new online tool called the ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Archaeologists shed new light on adaptability of modern humans’ ancestors
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Otago-led archaeological investigation of campsites up to 50,000 years old in a remote highland valley of Papua New Guinea is revealing how highly adaptable the humans at the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Innovation, reinvented
A carmaker reports that design time on a new model dropped from six months to just one, thanks to new tools for innovation and collaboration developed by European researchers. The way companies get and develop good ideas ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Researcher presents latest work on tracking ideas in social media
Indiana University's Filippo Menczer has shown how to "out" political astroturfers through his complex networks laboratory's study of information diffusion on Twitter. The research team went on to learn that while retweet ...
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Rapid identification of superbugs and new drugs to combat them
(Phys.org) -- Synthetic biology is playing a key role in creating new tools for rapid detection of potentially fatal bacterial infections such as E. coli and allowing scientists to create novel molecules that may provide ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Precise molecular surgery in the plant genome
Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding methods ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Computers provide connections for older adults
The rapid evolution of computers makes it challenging for computer savvy users to keep up, but what about older Americans? How useful are computers to the aging population? As the rate of technology change accelerates, there ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Facebook makes sharing more selective
Facebook on Tuesday announced it is rolling out improvements aimed at letting users be more selective about who gets to see what they post at the world's largest online social network.
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Fluorescent proteins illuminating biomedical research
Remarkable new tools that spotlight individual cellular molecules are transforming biomedical research. Scientists at the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have ...
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Jan 25, 2009 |
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Growing doubts over standard prostate cancer test
The most commonly used prostate cancer screening procedure, PSA, is at the center of a growing debate after its discoverer said it had become a "hugely expensive public health disaster."
Mar 13, 2010 |
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HealthMap surveillance efforts illustrate global epidemiology of H1N1 spread
As H1N1 began to emerge in April 2009, HealthMap - an automated online disease tracking and mapping tool created by researchers in the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston - was already collecting information ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 06, 2010 |
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New software tools for railway signaling and energy distribution
New tools to improve the design of embedded software systems in automated railway signalling and smart energy distribution are being developed as part of a multi-million Euro project lead by researchers at the University ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Boosting creativity with interactive technology
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that interactive technology generates new ways of seeing, showing and creating. The new technology boosts creativity.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 04, 2011 |
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