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Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study
More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Amazon: Actress lawsuit over age revelation bogus
(AP) -- Frivolous and selfish is how lawyers for Amazon.com Inc. describe a lawsuit brought by an actress upset that her advanced age - 40 - was revealed on an Internet database.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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The arXiv at 20: a global resource
As the e-print arXiv of scientific publications celebrates its 20th anniversary, what started as an effort to "level the playing field" for researchers has created a whole new playing field on which the white ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Is the true 'wisdom of the crowd' to copy successful individuals?
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research published today on crowd wisdom — the statistical phenomenon by which varied individual guesses produce uncannily accurate average answers — has shed light on why we have a bias to ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Facebook 2012 IPO could top $100 billion: CNBC
Social network Facebook is likely to go public in the first quarter of next year with a valuation of over $100 billion, the CNBC business news network reported on Monday.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Web interface defines new paradigm for life science data-sharing
A new lightweight web service interface for accessing massive amounts of life science research data across multiple public and private domains has been developed by researchers at RIKEN, Japan's flagship research ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 31, 2011 |
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Canadians find mainstream news media more trustworthy than social networks: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 13, 2011 |
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Nationwide Health Information Network now carries public health data
One hundred and sixty-six years after Samuel Morse used dots and dashes to telegraph "What hath God wrought?" opening up a whole new world of communication, Indiana has become the first state in the nation to use a potentially ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Do scientists understand the public?
Scientific advances often provoke deep concern on the part of the public, especially when these advances challenge strongly held political or moral perspectives.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Web searches may sacrifice accuracy for popularity
(PhysOrg.com) -- By adding a subtle nudge to each of more than 1 billion search requests every day, Google may be steering the direction of public discussion.
May 18, 2010 |
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Fighting disease outbreaks with two-way health information exchange
Building upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Do the media lead entrepreneurs astray?
If you're looking for reliable information, then you won't necessarily find it in the newspaper. According to Dr. Susan Glover from the University of California in the US, public information from both informal and written ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Online surveillance tools provide opportunity to support public health
Tapping the Internet - including personal Web searches, news reports, blogs, chat rooms and social networking sites - is fast becoming a way to get a complete, up-to-the-minute view of public health threats, say researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 07, 2009 |
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Unique electronic strategy alerts physicians to latest clinical information on H1N1 flu
History was made at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, April 29, when more than 3,000 physicians in Indianapolis were sent a broadcast alert on swine flu (H1N1 virus) from the Marion County Health Department. The message was of ...
May 05, 2009 |
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Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health
When the need for speed is critical, how can a public health department communicate with doctors and hospitals, sending alerts to help prevent or stop a public health crisis? How can thousands of health-care ...
Apr 03, 2009 |
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