News tagged with organization theory

New finding may hold key to Gaia hypothesis of Earth as living organism

(Phys.org) -- Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to answering this question. This key of sulfur ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (33) | comments 164 | with audio podcast

Gases drawn into particles stay there

(Phys.org) -- Contrary to expectations, formation and growth of complex organic particles generated during oxidation of volatile organic molecules by ozone and nitrate follows a non-equilibrium path, according ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CERN and colliding theories

Findings that showed faster-than-light travel were released to the public too soon.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (14) | comments 33

Shutdown looms at pioneering American atom smasher

(AP) -- Aside from the slogan on the water tower that reads "City of Energy," there is little in this leafy Chicago suburb of gently rolling hills to indicate that it has been the center of the universe when ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

The US' national archives occupy more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of shelving; France's archives stretch for more than 100 miles of shelves, as do Britain's.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 09, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 15

Mathematicians offer elegant solution to evolutionary conundrum

UBC researchers have proffered a new mathematical model that seeks to unravel a key evolutionary riddle--namely what factors underlie the generation of biological diversity both within and between species.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sharing Scarce Flu Vaccine May Be Best: Game Theory Model Shows Hoarding Supplies Isn't Healthiest Choice

(PhysOrg.com) -- As manufacturers race to test and deliver an H1N1 influenza vaccine by October, public health officials are working equally feverishly to determine how scarce doses should be allocated.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Notre Dame anthropologist Agustin Fuentes, published recently in the European journal Anthropology Today, states that although Darwin’s basic ideas still form t ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How to be a good boss in a bad economy

(PhysOrg.com) -- When cutbacks are necessary, can a good boss do right by the company's finances and by its staff? Some pain is probably unavoidable, but Stanford management science and engineering Professor Bob Sutton says ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0