News tagged with researcher
Enceladus plume is a new kind of plasma laboratory
(Phys.org) -- Recent findings from NASA's Cassini mission reveal that Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus provides a special laboratory for watching unusual behavior of plasma, or hot ionized gas. In these recent ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2012 |
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Human hands leave prominent ecological footprints
Early human activity has left a greater footprint on today's ecosystem than previously thought, say researchers working at the University of Pittsburgh and in the multidisciplinary Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network, ...
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Mobile ads' promise eludes Facebook, other businesses
Mobile ads are the Holy Grail of revenue for anyone with a social-media plan.
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Nanotechnology breakthrough could dramatically improve medical tests
A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with a breakthrough ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 31, 2012 |
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Geoengineering: A whiter sky
One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2012 |
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Researchers identify mechanism that maintains stem cells readiness
An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report today in the ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Finding good music in noisy online markets
In 2004, a trio of researchers at Columbia University began an online experiment in social-media marketing, creating nine versions of a music-download site that presented the same group of unknown songs in ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 31, 2012 |
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Bright future for solar power in space
Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research being carried out by engineers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 30, 2012 |
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Twitter usage soars in US: survey
One out of seven Americans who go online use Twitter and eight percent do it every day, a survey showed Thursday.
May 31, 2012 |
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Study maps vaccine for deadly pathogenic fungus
University of Alberta researchers have made breakthrough use of 3-D magnetic resonance technology to map the structure of a common fungus that is potentially deadly for individuals with impaired immune function. The work ...
May 31, 2012 |
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7 scientists share $1 million prizes for research
(AP) — Seven scientists won prizes Thursday for discoveries that involve the furthest reaches of the solar system, vanishingly tiny materials and the complexities of the brain. One finding helped end Pluto's status as ...
May 31, 2012 |
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BlackBerry maker facing critical test this year
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, losing ground rapidly in the smartphone wars, needs to take bold steps to revive its fortunes and compete with iPhones and Android devices overwhelming the market, analysts say.
May 30, 2012 |
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New NIST SRM supports the fight against terrorist bombings
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new standard reference material (SRM) to aid in the detection of two explosive compounds that are known to be used by terrorists. Researchers ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 30, 2012 |
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BlackBerry maker to study options, warns of loss (Update)
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion warned Tuesday it could report a loss in the current quarter and said it had hired investment firms to study its strategic options.
May 29, 2012 |
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Greenland's current loss of ice mass
The Greenland ice sheet continues to lose mass and thus contributes at about 0.7 millimeters per year to the currently observed sea level change of about 3 mm per year. This trend increases each year by a further 0.07 millimeters ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2012 |
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