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IT Professionals - Jul 17, 2008
The mission of The Scientist is to provide compelling print and online coverage of the latest developments in the life sciences including research, technology and business. The Scientist is the magazine for life …
Also tagged: business, technology, resources, free subscription
Tech News Watch - Jun 17, 2008
Single person submersibles have been called in to help scientists retrieve samples from a lake in northern British Columbia that may hold vital clues to the history of life on Earth and on other planets. Greg Slater …
Also tagged: biology, astrobiology, geology, out of this world, origins of life, microbialites
Tech News Watch - Jun 10, 2008
A mud volcano that has caused millions of dollars worth of damage was caused by the drilling of a gas exploration well, an international team of scientists has concluded. The two-year old mud volcano, Lusi, is still …
Also tagged: energy, indonesia, mud volcano, gas exploration, east java, lusi, yogyakarta earthquake, banjar panji 1
Tech News Watch - Jun 10, 2008
Can human beings rev up their intelligence quotients, or are they stuck with IQs set by their genes at birth? Until recently, nature seemed to be the clear winner over nurture. But new research, led by Swiss …
Also tagged: brain, neuroscience, neuron
Tech News Watch - Jun 10, 2008
In the world of underwater robots, this is a team of pioneers. While most ocean robots require periodic communication with scientist or satellite intermediaries to share information, these can work cooperatively …
Also tagged: robots, robotics, robot, marine science, robofish
Tech News Watch - Jun 6, 2008
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, today announced a new study to quantify the amounts and kinds of information being produced worldwide by businesses and consumers alike. The “How Much …
Also tagged: information
Tech News Watch - Jun 4, 2008
New research in the Society of Chemical Industry’s Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that oregano oil works as well as synthetic insecticides to combat infestation by a common beetle, Rhizoppertha …
Also tagged: insecticide, infestation, pest
Tech News Watch - Jun 4, 2008
U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry have submitted a proposal to release a Brazilian insect to control the spread of strawberry guava, a South American tree that has invaded …
Also tagged: agriculture, hawaii, ecosystem, invasive species, guava
Windows Fanatics - Jun 4, 2008
Gnomie Ralajer writes: Hey Chris, I just read your article about Open Source science research and it made me think that you may be interested in telling your viewers about the Fold It Project. It builds on the idea …
Also tagged: feedback, resource, protein folding, seti home
Tech News Watch - Jun 2, 2008
Michael Pollan’s recent bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma revealed to millions of readers the centrality, and dangers, of commodity corn in the modern industrialized agriculture system as developed in the United …
Also tagged: society, corn, biodiversity, maize, green revolution