(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 21, the day the White House unveiled its Open Government Initiative, it also launched the website data.gov, which put information like Medicare cost reports, residential energy consumption and state-by-state ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The changeover to and from daylight saving does not have a detrimental effect on financial markets, according to new research.
Economics & Business
Sep 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many insects have been known for decades to hold their breath when resting, but the reasons have not been well understood. A new study on cockroaches suggests the insects reduce their breathing to conserve ...
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded research, published this week in Chemical Communications, describes how scientists have discovered molecules that could confuse insects' ability to detect ...
Biochemistry
Sep 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, health conscious people have been taking antioxidants to reduce the levels of reactive oxygen in their blood and prevent the DNA damage done by free radicals, which are the result of oxidative ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2009
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Researchers from Northwestern University and Boise State University have figured out how to produce a less expensive shape-shifting "memory" foam, which could lead to more widespread applications of the material, such as ...
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has been secretly developing a prototype booklet-shaped tablet PC called the Courier, according to an exclusive report in the gadget blog "Gizmodo".
A pair of French entrepreneurs has come up with a way to identify people whose Internet comments carry weight.
Computer Sciences
Sep 24, 2009
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Answers.com on Wednesday debuted a website that merges the power of crowds with knowledge from encyclopedias to sate the curiosity of inquiring minds.
Internet
Sep 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2009
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