News tagged with social power
Researchers develop method that shows diverse complex networks have similar skeletons
Northwestern University researchers are the first to discover that very different complex networks -- ranging from global air traffic to neural networks -- share very similar backbones. By stripping each network down to its ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 01, 2012 |
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China city tightens control of microblogs
Shanghai will require microblog users to register under their real names from Monday, state media said, the latest local government in China to implement the rule after a spate of violent protests.
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Toshiba launchs FlashAir, first SDHC memory card with embedded WLAN
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will launch the world's first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality to meet the SD Memory Card Standard. The new card, "FlashAir", has an 8GB ...
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Softbank eyes top ten ranking in 30 years
The head of Japan's Softbank Corp said Monday that he was aiming to make the information technology giant one of the world's top ten companies by market capitalisation within 30 years.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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S.Korea warns against panic-buying of iodide pills
South Korean pharmacists issued an appeal Thursday cautioning against panic over Japan's crisis-hit nuclear plants, as callers flooded drug stores with requests for iodide pills.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Solar-powered bamboo radio could prove a design for life for Madagascar
(PhysOrg.com) -- A design student who has created a blueprint for a solar-powered radio, constructed entirely from bamboo, is hoping her idea will help build a social enterprise opportunity in Madagascar. ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go ga-ga over pretty women. They simply lose their minds (while women keep theirs).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Intel boosts Facebook users power for research
Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Psyched out by stereotypes: Research suggests thinking about the positive
In a new study, cognitive scientists have shown that when aware of both a negative and positive stereotype related to performance, women will identify more closely with the positive stereotype, avoiding the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 04, 2009 |
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The liberating effects of losing control
Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those with the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. We celebrate the power of the mind to ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
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