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Russian whizzes win global collegiate IT contest

Three Russian computer whizzes were crowned the world's top collegiate programmers Thursday, when they clobbered 111 other teams from across the globe to win the 36th annual "Battle of Brains" in Warsaw.

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Shell says two new leaks on Nigerian pipeline

Oil giant Shell on Monday said two new leaks had occurred on one of its pipelines in southern Nigeria after similar incidents in recent days blamed on crude theft.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google chief betting big on social and mobile

Google co-founder Larry Page said his first year back at the company's helm has been marked by big bets on social networking and mobile gadgets.

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decisions are taken more democratically with a higher percentage of women in management positions

In workplaces with a high percentage of women in a management position more individualized employee feedback is carried out, more democratic decisions are adopted and more interpersonal channels of communications ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Student-designed robots take on March Madness

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sixty-six national and international high school teams will take their robots to the courts this weekend to compete in the 21st season of the Los Angeles regional FIRST (For Inspiration and ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technical row over 'F-duct' Formula One wing

Red Bull chief Christian Horner Friday said Formula One teams would be forced to copy Mercedes' new rear wing design after it was cleared by officials in the year's first technical controversy.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NCAA tournament math: More than adding up ones, twos and threes

Each March, the otherwise obscure field of "bracketology" becomes a premier discipline in the U.S.  As pundits and fans debate the 68 teams that most deserve to participate in the NCAA Division I Men's ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aquatic robot audits health of seabed

The watery depths of Western Australia's Ningaloo coast will be audited by marine engineers and scientists this week using an aquatic robot and technology developed by University of Sydney mechatronic experts.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tomb exploration reveals first archaeological evidence of Christianity from the time of Jesus

The archaeological examination by robotic camera of an intact first century tomb in Jerusalem has revealed a set of limestone Jewish ossuaries or "bone boxes" that are engraved with a rare Greek inscription and a unique iconographic ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (24) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight, height, and experience key to Rugby World Cup success

Rugby teams with the tallest backs, heaviest forwards, and greatest amount of collective experience are likely to be the most successful at World Cup level, reveals research published online in the British Journal of Sports Me ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Engineering images bring life to submerged city

(PhysOrg.com) -- Photo-realistic 3D mapping and digital reconstruction of an ancient underwater city in Greece have earned a team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball'

(AP) -- It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Football team success throws fall grades of non-athletic college males for a loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TUM robots 'Kinect' to sandwiches and popcorn

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robotics team from the Technical University of Munich are now able to show an audience how their cuisine robots James and Rosie have graduated from a previously famous repertoire of sausages ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Mark Zuckerberg says Steve Jobs advised him on Facebook

Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was moved that Apple's Steve Jobs admired him for not "selling out."

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1