30/07/2012

Dutch computer scientists present smile database

What exactly happens to your face when you smile spontaneously, and how does that affect how old you look? Computer scientists from the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science recorded the smiles of hundreds of ...

The atomic nucleus: fissile liquid or molecule of life?

A new view of the nucleus that unifies its liquid and molecule-like aspects has been put forward by a team of researchers from France.  By making an analogy with neutron stars, the researchers have for the first time ...

NASA's newest Mars rover faces a tricky landing

It's the U.S. space agency's most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet — and it begins with the red planet arrival Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ever built.

Higher retail wages correlate with lower levels of employee theft

A study co-written by a University of Illinois business professor shows that higher wages are associated with lower levels of employee theft, shedding light on the impact that compensation practices have on shaping employee ...

Group says kept in the dark about Facebook case

An Austrian group fighting for clearer privacy policies on Facebook complained Monday that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) was keeping it in the dark about proceedings.

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