News tagged with unpredictable environments

Bacteria 'invest' wisely to survive uncertain times, scientists report

Like savvy Wall Street money managers, bacteria hedge their bets to increase their chances of survival in uncertain times, strategically investing their biological resources to weather unpredictable environments.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Food, water safety provide new challenges for today's sensors

Sensors that work flawlessly in laboratory settings may stumble when it comes to performing in real-world conditions, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Technology / Engineering

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deep sea animals stowaway on submarines and reach new territory

Marine scientists studying life around deep-sea vents have discovered that some hardy species can survive the extreme change in pressure that occurs when a research submersible rises to the surface. The team's ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Frugal innovation

Co-author of recently published book 'Jugaad Innovation', Professor Jaideep Prabhu argues that a frugal and flexible approach to innovation can generate breakthrough growth not only in the developing world ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu develops high-speed thin client technology for 10-fold improvement in responsiveness

 Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that it has developed technology for high-speed thin clients that will respond as much as ten times faster to user operations, even in low-quality network ...

Technology / Software

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

Harnessing the awesome power of the ocean waves

MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Voyage to the 'front line' of global warming

When Cameron Dueck set sail to the Canadian Arctic to witness what he calls "the front line of climate change", he did so knowing he would have to brave seas that have killed scores of sailors and reduced ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Separating signal from noise in living cells

A mathematician from the University of Bristol has teamed up with a biologist from the University of Edinburgh to address a major problem in molecular biology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Simplicity and quantum complexity

Simulations of reality would require less memory on a quantum computer than on a classical computer, new research from scientists at the University of Bristol, published in Nature Communications, has shown.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

New robot butler "HERB" can microwave your dinner (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- One of the big disappointments of the computer age is the distinct lack of robots in our everyday lives. For years we’ve all been teased by the possibilities of robots in SciFi movies and television shows, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Plant diversity is key to maintaining productive vegetation

Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when more plant species are present, a new University of Minnesota study shows. The unprecedented long-term study of plant biodiversity ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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