A Briton's one-man campaign for a litter-free Marseille
Most people are resigned to a little litter in their lives.
Environment
Apr 5, 2016
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Virtual toolbox to bolster Europe's food and agricultural security
The EU PLANTFOODSEC project has developed an extensive virtual toolbox to help protect both agriculture and plant life from biological weapons that could contaminate Europe's food supply chain.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2016
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Facebook's new tools to help the blind navigate social media
Naquela Wright's life took an unexpected turn when she lost her eyesight as a teenager, but even when her world became immersed in darkness, the New Jersey resident didn't want to quit social media.
Internet
Dec 23, 2015
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Is the Internet fueling social change or giving license to engage in lazy activism?
In 2011, political uprisings were rampant throughout the world—from the Arab Spring that started in Tunisia and swept through more than 15 other Arab countries—to Occupy Wall Street protesters huddled in New York's Zuccotti ...
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2015
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Diagnostic tools using synthetic biology
(Phys.org)—Synthetic biology is a multi-disciplinary field that applies engineering techniques to biological systems. While the foundations of synthetic biology were laid in the 1990s with the burgeoning of genomics and ...
Facebook to ramp up video viewing features
Facebook said on Tuesday it is testing an array of features aimed at getting people to watch more videos at the leading social network.
Internet
Oct 14, 2015
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Researchers create tool for monitoring brands on Twitter
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has developed a monitoring tool with which brands can test the effects of their strategies on social networks. This program can control millions of 'tweets' and reveal the strengths and weaknesses ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 30, 2015
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The internet is on fire but Snowden's heroes can't save us
Just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Edward Snowden has sent what he hopes will be a strong message to the powers that control the internet in a video link streamed live to South by Southwest event in ...
Internet
Mar 12, 2014
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Twitter desktop website gets mobile look
Twitter revamped its desktop webpages Monday to better mirror the experience of visiting the popular one-to-many text messaging service on smartphones.
Internet
Jan 14, 2014
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Is YouTube a driver for social movements like Occupy Wall Street?
Social media such as YouTube videos provide a popular and flexible venue for online activism. How two different social protest movements—Occupy Wall Street and the Proposition 8 same sex marriage initiative—utilized YouTube, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2013
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