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Internet Feb 24, 2016

Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media?

In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East.

Archaeology Feb 18, 2016

Prehistoric village links old and new stone ages

Archaeologists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem revealed in Israel a prehistoric village, dated around 12,000 years ago, in excavations in the fertile Jordan Valley.

Social Sciences Feb 1, 2016

Understanding how terrorist organizations learn from their mistakes and successes

Carolin Görzig has been setting up a Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle since August 2015. She is seeking to gain a better understanding of how terrorist organizations learn from ...

Computer Sciences Jan 12, 2016

UW computer scientists to make financial products better and more available for the poor

In Kenya, the ease of transferring money via mobile phone has increased incomes in rural areas, enabled small businesses to thrive and reshaped the country's economy.

Security Dec 28, 2015

Israeli defense official sacked for information breach

Israel's Defense Ministry says it has dismissed a senior official for a "serious information security breach."

Ecology Nov 20, 2015

Spread of Panama disease in banana caused by one single clone of the Fusarium fungus

Scientists at Wageningen University have demonstrated that the same clone of the Fusarium fungus is infecting Cavendish bananas in several countries dotted across the globe. This shows that this Fusarium clone, also known ...

Archaeology Nov 19, 2015

Fossil fireworm species named after rock musician

A muscly fossil fireworm, discovered by scientists from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum, has been named Rollinschaeta myoplena in honour of punk musician and spoken word artist, Henry Rollins.

Internet Nov 17, 2015

Facebook 'safety check' at the ready after Paris attacks

A Facebook tool that let people check whether friends were safe after deadly attacks in Paris will be used more widely in the future, the social network said.

General Physics Nov 9, 2015

'Crucial steps towards comprehensive theory on the forces of nature'

The merging of the electromagnetic and the weak and strong nuclear force into one single force has been a holy grail for physicists for a long time. Mathematical physicist Walter van Suijlekom now shows this so-called 'grand ...

Earth Sciences Nov 6, 2015

Tsunami early warning: JRC tests new low-cost device to measure sea level

A new, low-cost experimental device for sea level measurement has been developed by JRC scientists. The first four devices have been installed in Spain and Portugal, in collaboration with the European Commission's Directorate-General ...

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