News tagged with surface web

Spider silk glue inspires next-generation technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water affects orb spider web glue differently than cobweb glue. Orb web glue reacts to humidity, but cobweb glue resists it. These findings by a University of Akron research team inspire the ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding human threats to the Earth's largest habitat -- the deep sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people think about the deep sea, they picture broad expanses of muddy seafloor. However, the majority of deep-sea animals, and perhaps the majority of all animals on Earth, live ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New metasearch engine leaves Google, Yahoo crawling

One day in the not-too-distant future, you'll be able to type a query into an online search engine and have it deliver not Web pages that may contain an answer, but just the answer itself, says Weiyi Meng, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 6