Heat, weekends, aggression and Chicago summer shootings
It happens all too often each summer: yet another litany of weekend shootings in Chicago appears in the news.
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2018
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UTSA creates web-based open source dashboard of North Pole
It's called ArcCI (or Arctic CyberInfrastructure) and promises to combine the thousands of images that have been taken along the years of the Arctic Ocean into one global database that will help scientists and the world see ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2018
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Moss rapidly detects, tracks air pollutants in real time
Moss, one of the world's oldest plants, is surprisingly in tune with the atmosphere around it. Now in a study appearing in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry, scientists report that they have found a simple and inexpensive ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2018
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Researchers create smartphone system to test for lead in water
The discovery of lead in Flint, Michigan's drinking water drew renewed attention to the health risks posed by the metal. Now researchers at the University of Houston have created an inexpensive system using a smartphone and ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 26, 2018
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Why are data ethics so challenging in a changing world?
We now live largely in a data-driven world, and ethical oversight and constraints are needed to be sure that data ethics can reach an appropriate balance between the risks and benefits of data technology. The goal is to control ...
Internet
Sep 24, 2018
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Roles of web analytics companies in news production
Today, web analytics are increasingly used to gauge the success, present and future, of news content and related news products. Valerie Belair-Gagnon, an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of ...
Internet
Sep 6, 2018
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World's oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb
Aging usually improves the flavor of cheese, but that's not why some very old cheese discovered in an Egyptian tomb is drawing attention. Instead, it's thought to be the most ancient solid cheese ever found, according to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 15, 2018
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New research predicts landslide boundaries two weeks before they happen
University of Melbourne researchers have developed a software tool that uses applied mathematics and big data analytics to predict the boundary of where a landslide will occur, two weeks in advance.
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2018
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$2.99 or $3.00? Will the difference of a penny get you to the checkout counter?
A traditional belief in retail marketing is that prices ending in "9" - $1.99 or $2.99, for example—will prompt more purchases than a whole number. But is that true? And is a simple one-penny price difference the best tactic ...
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2018
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Data scientists in hot demand thanks to Big Data
Data scientist is one of the most attractive jobs of the 21st century. This impression is confirmed when you take a look at relevant online job portals. According to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, in the USA demand ...
Internet
Jul 2, 2018
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