Alexander Löffler, computer scientist from Saarbrücken, was honored with the Cebit Innovation Award. He developed software through which several displays can be wirelessly connected as a screen wall, despite ...

Technology - Software

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Monitoring communities of climate sensitive species, such as insects, could enable scientists to develop indicators for climate change effects on biodiversity and help devise policies to protect it.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 1

(Phys.org) —Corporate fraud dominates financial news, yet few studies have looked at whether chief executive officers who appoint their own top lieutenants are more inclined to act illegally, according ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers and students from the University of Tübingen, working with GFT Technologies AG, have developed a new process to make online banking more secure. Their software is being presented this week at the CeBIT computer ...

Technology - Software

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry. Because of the industry's long history of permitting problems, cost overruns, and construction delays, financial markets ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 01, 2013 3 / 5 (14) 9

Female animals are unfairly sexually stereotyped by researchers, according to experts at the University of St Andrews.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 01, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 2

Four leading environmental scientists today urged the international community to install a legal trade in rhino horn – in a last ditch effort to save the imperilled animals from extinction.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 2

For many so-called apps, developers and companies have not adequately ensured that the mini-programs are actually working the way they should. Therefore, computer scientists at Saarland University developed ...

Technology - Software

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

To show spatial animations on websites, developers so far have had only two options: to use special software or to implement it from scratch. Computer scientists at Saarland University have developed a declarative ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The vast majority of the Earth's estimated 13 million species are still unknown and to describe them all would take up to 2,000 years, according to a leading Brazilian scientist.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Many Caribbean coral reefs have either stopped growing or are on the threshold of starting to erode, which new evidence has revealed.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

From identifying what's on the end of your fishing line, to finding out which fishes occur in your local waters, FishMap has the answers.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

State supreme court justices who don't face voters are generally more effective than their elected counterparts, according to research led by Princeton University political scientists.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Feb 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Typing text messages on the mobile phone via the tiny soft keyboard is very cumbersome. How about simply writing it into the air! This idea drove the development of "airwriting" made by computer scientists of Karlsruhe Institute ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 21, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 1

As magnetic fields on the sun rearrange and realign, dark spots known as sunspots can appear on its surface.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 20, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0