Digital public library with vast archive opens
(AP)—Some of the country's top research institutions have combined to launch a massive online archive.
Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Facebook getting ready to change News Feed (Update)
Amid chatter of "Facebook fatigue," real or imagined, the world's biggest social networking company is getting ready to unveil a new version of News Feed, the flow of status updates, photos and advertisements its users see ...
Mar 07, 2013
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Does changing the price of medicine influence consumers' perceived health risk?
Consumers assume their risk of getting a serious illness is higher when medications are cheaper because they believe that prices for life-saving products are based on need and not profit, according to a new study in the Journal of ...
Dec 11, 2012
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Facebook stock climbs after upgrade (Update)
(AP)—Facebook's stock is climbing after an upgrade from an analyst who believes Wall Street is underestimating the company's potential to grow revenue.
Nov 26, 2012
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Universities need an advocate, director warns
Australia's peak body for higher education, Universities Australia, has been debating the relationship universities have with government.
Nov 26, 2012
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Drifting word clouds may change perceptions of climate science
The impact of climate science research on society is likely to depend on regular fashion cycles in the public's use of specific keywords relating to climate change, according to new research from the University of Bristol, ...
Nov 07, 2012
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Would you buy a product endorsed by Lance Armstrong?
It's much easier for consumers to justify continued support of a celebrity or politician disgraced by scandal when they separate moral judgments about a public figure from assessments of their professional performance, according ...
Oct 22, 2012
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NASA must reinvest in nanotechnology research, according to new paper
The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes—especially in nanotechnology—a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new ...
Oct 16, 2012
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Fly genomes show natural selection and return to Africa
(Phys.org)—When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies came along with them. Now the fruit flies, widely used for genetics research, are ...
Oct 12, 2012
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SwRI launches Robot Operating System-Industrial Consortium
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is launching a cooperative research consortium to accelerate the development of ROS-Industrial, an open-source extension of ROS focused on the needs of industrial users.
Aug 27, 2012
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Search technology that can gauge opinion and predict the future
Inspired by a system for categorising books proposed by an Indian librarian more than 50 years ago, a team of European researchers have developed a new kind of internet search that takes into account factors ...
Aug 16, 2012
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For future prosperity, US should strengthen efforts to maintain world-class research universities
American research universities are essential for U.S. prosperity and security, but the institutions are in danger of serious decline unless the federal government, states, and industry take action to ensure adequate, stable ...
Jun 14, 2012
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How low can Facebook go?
Two weeks after the largest, most anticipated IPO in years, Facebook shares keep going down. And down. And down. And investors want to know how far they can go.
Jun 05, 2012
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Scientists face barriers to engaging with public, but still participate in outreach
Although scientists face a number of significant barriers to public outreach, some still engage in these activities, especially women and those with children, according to work published May 9 in the open access journal PLoS ON ...
May 09, 2012
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