Frontpage » Tag » superior

News tagged with superior

Olympians sue Samsung over Facebook app

Eighteen US Olympians including swimming greats Mark Spitz and Janet Evans are suing Samsung Corporation, saying its US Olympic Genome Project Facebook app misuses their names and images.

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A dynamical quantum simulator

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international collaboration demonstrates the superiority of a dynamical quantum simulator over state-of-the-art numerical calculations.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Suit alleges dismissal for intelligent design

(AP) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 61

Sewage treatment plants may contribute to antibiotic resistance problem

Water discharged into lakes and rivers from municipal sewage treatment plants may contain significant concentrations of the genes that make bacteria antibiotic-resistant. That's the conclusion of a new study ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Octomom's fertility doc moves to keep license

(AP) -- The fertility doctor who helped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments is asking that he be allowed to continue practicing medicine while he appeals his license ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New heart pump to provide temporary assist for infants, adults

Researchers have created a new type of heart pump inserted with a catheter to improve the survival rate for infants undergoing a series of surgeries to correct a deadly birth defect.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deadly fish virus now found in all Great Lakes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Warmer means windier on world's biggest lake

Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller brethren.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Some Canadian rivers at risk of drying up

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some Canadian rivers are at risk of drying up as impacts of climate change intersect with growing water demand from the country's cities, industries and agriculture, a new WWF report has found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 3

For economic success, channel your inner bonobo

Psychology Professor Marc Hauser dispels misconceptions about human and ape behavior with regard to patience, impulsiveness, and economic interactions in Harvard Museum of Natural History talk.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hypertouch vs ValuClick Spam Email Case: It's Not Over Till Somebody Screams Ouch

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent decision by the Los Angeles Superior Court in Hypertouch vs ValuClick, LCO81000 decided on May 4th by Summary Judgment found that the Federal CAN-Spam Act preempted California's rigorous anti-spam, ...

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 weblog