Communicating uncertain climate risks
Despite much research that demonstrates potential dangers from climate change, public concern has not been increasing.
Environment
Mar 29, 2011
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Study: Customers who participate in eBay's 'community' become better buyers and sellers
A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that customers of eBay who participate in the company's online communities become more conservative buyers and more selective and efficient sellers.
Economics & Business
Dec 17, 2010
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Consortium: Higher ed curricula not keeping pace with societal, tech changes
The structure of the university in the 21st century is changing rapidly after its evolution into a multiversity in the 20th century. But as universities are being restructured to best serve the society of tomorrow, are their ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2010
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Fundamental algorithm gets first improvement in 10 years
The maximum-flow problem, or max flow, is one of the most basic problems in computer science: First solved during preparations for the Berlin airlift, it’s a component of many logistical problems and a staple of introductory ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 27, 2010
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Addressing environmental challenges and controversies through science communication
What can we do for the environment? What can individual scientists, agencies and institutions do to improve the quality of environmental decision-making? These are among the questions explored by scientists and communications ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2010
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Fibers that can hear and sing
For centuries, "man-made fibers" meant the raw stuff of clothes and ropes; in the information age, it's come to mean the filaments of glass that carry data in communications networks. But to Yoel Fink, an Associate professor ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 12, 2010
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Scientists need to be more proactive, effective at public communication: report
Scientists are a valuable and trusted source of information, researchers say in a recent report, but too often do an inadequate job of bringing that information to those who need it in a factual, non-technical, credible and ...
Other
May 21, 2010
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Web searches may sacrifice accuracy for popularity
(PhysOrg.com) -- By adding a subtle nudge to each of more than 1 billion search requests every day, Google may be steering the direction of public discussion.
Other
May 18, 2010
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Study suggests environment may impact apes' ability to understand declarative communication
When we notice somebody pointing at something, we automatically look in the direction of the gesture. In humans, the ability to understand this type of gesturing (known as declarative communication) may seem to be an automatic ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2010
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Optical system promises to revolutionize undersea communications
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a technological advance that its developers are likening to the cell phone and wireless Internet access, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists and engineers have devised an undersea optical ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2010
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