News tagged with standardised methods

Open shop for environmental data

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to access and reuse environmental data from diverse sources has been devised by European researchers. They foresee a future where environmental data and services are offered on the open market.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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A practical guide to green products and services

A new report published today by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides key information for policy makers and business managers on how to assess the environmental impacts ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The sea as a rubbish tip

Biologists have prepared guidelines for a more precise investigation into marine pollution from microplastic particles.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children can learn arithmetic faster and better

During the first two years of primary education children can learn to do arithmetic faster and better with the help of a more systematically structured educational programme. For older children, teaching arithmetic with the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The fermented cereal beverage of the Sumerians may not have been beer

Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilisation, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by Mesopotamia's ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Humanities researchers and digital technologies: Building infrastructures for a new age

Europe's leading scientists have pledged to embrace and expand the role of technology in the Humanities. In a Science Policy Briefing released today by the European Science Foundation (ESF), they argue that without Research ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Foreign children take at least six years to learn the language used in school

There are now more and more foreign children in the classroom, and many of them speak a different language to that of their sociolinguistic environment. A study by the University of Gerona has assessed the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technique could help solve mystery of vanishing bees

Ecologists have developed a better way of rearing bee larvae in the laboratory that could help discover why honey bee populations worldwide are declining. The technique, together with details of how statistics adapted from ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Natural compounds: the future of anti-malarial treatment

In the run up to World Malaria Day on the 25th April 2011, BioMed Central's open access journal Malaria Journal takes a long hard look at the development of natural compounds for use in the fight against malaria.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

First certified reference material for nanoparticle size analysis

Nanotechnology offers a range of benefits over traditional materials and enables the development of innovative applications and products. However, there are often concerns about the safety aspects and to what extent these ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increased marginalization of students in Sweden

The successful Swedish model of reducing the impact of students' different social, cultural and economic backgrounds on academic outcome is severely threatened after 20 years of educational reforms. This is the main point ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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