(AP) -- A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran's nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control systems around the world, and represents the most dire cyberthreat known to industry, ...
Internet
Nov 17, 2010
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Think about online courses. They're great, right? You take a professor who's interested in teaching a certain topic, say computer science, and hook him or her up with hundreds or thousands of students across the globe who ...
Other
Nov 17, 2010
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Medical websites provide consumers with more access than ever before to comprehensive health and medical information, but the sites' utility becomes limited if users use unclear or unorthodox language to describe conditions ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 17, 2010
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge are working on ways to improve the efficiency of the ammonia synthesis process. With between 3-5% of the world's natural gas used to create artificial fertilizers, the new research ...
Materials Science
Nov 17, 2010
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New research that provides potential for exciting new approaches to targeting diseases such as cancer has been announced by an international team of academics.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2010
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Chemists at the University of South Carolina have developed a camera with the ability to see the invisible – and more.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 17, 2010
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University of Queensland research has found fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night's sleep.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2010
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One of biggest factors promoting the diversity of coastal ocean life is how fast the water flows, according to new research by ecologists at Brown University. Experiments and observation in Palau, Alaska, and Maine showed ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2010
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The UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has released its first app for iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads. It will provide researchers with easy and up-to-date access to the values for all the physical constants.
General Physics
Nov 17, 2010
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It all started with a Big Bang. Well, actually, it all started with a beach ball. Not just any beach ball, but one that is printed with data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). This educational beach ball ...
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2010
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