(Phys.org)—In the run-up to the last election warnings about computer hacking were rampant. Experts demonstrated how the hardware in voting machines could be modified. Touch-screen machines visibly changed votes. One possibility ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 11, 2012
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At first glance, the bone-dry landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile might seem inhospitable.
Astronomy
Dec 11, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Sometimes orange, sometimes white, dog trainers often use plastic fetching batons called bumpers to teach dogs how to retrieve. But researchers at Texas Tech University have discovered that the dogs also may ...
Other
Dec 11, 2012
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Researchers at the Centre for Automation and Robotics, a joint centre of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and the Spanish National Research Council (UPM-CSIC), have developed a training tool to improve the use of hand-held ...
Engineering
Dec 11, 2012
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Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have a negative impact on the protein content of wheat grain and thus its nutritional quality. This is the finding of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in a recently ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2012
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(Phys.org)—When it comes to four-year college degree attainment, a rising tide lifts all boats. According to research out this week from the University of Cincinnati, higher levels of college-degree attainment in an area ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2012
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(Phys.org)—It's no secret that Utahns tend to drop the T in words like "mountain." In fact, they've become notorious for it. BYU linguistics professor David Eddington and student Matthew Savage researched how, exactly, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2012
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As the world has become increasingly interconnected, cross-cultural communication is becoming the new norm in organizations and education systems. As a result, cross-cultural issues in computer-mediated communication (CMC) ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2012
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An offshore wind test turbine has been erected behind the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus to evaluate sensor systems and controls in preparation for the installation of a floating turbine ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 11, 2012
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Work has begun on a new computer model which will enable communities and aquaculture industries to better assess environmental and human impacts, on estuarine and marine environments in Tasmania.
Ecology
Dec 11, 2012
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