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Environmental Conservation

American Concerns About Global Warming Decline by 13 Points

The survey found: Only 50 percent of Americans now say they are “somewhat” or “very worried” about global warming, a 13-point decrease. The percentage of…

Corporate News

Schönrock Leads Communication in Industry Automation

He spent the last two years building up internal communication in the Siemens Corporate Technology Department. For several years prior to that he was…

Studies and Analyses

Facebook or MySpace, Youths' Use Reflect Face-to-Face Interactions

However, they warn, teens who have behavioral problems and difficulty making friends, or who are depressed, may be more inclined to use social media in…

Information Technology

Software to Test Cybersecurity Systems for Flaws

Cybersecurity systems are tougher to crack these days, but not tough enough. “When you work in cybersecurity, everything has to be just right,” said Prof….

Information Technology

Better Computing, Communication for Disaster Response

To address that problem, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have launched a project to find better ways for emergency officials and first…

Earth Sciences

Device Simulates Deep-Sea Floor Conditions in Lab

“Instead of going down to the abyssal plain of the ocean floor, we're bringing it to the lab,” said Stephen Guggenheim, professor of earth and environmental…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Engineer Works to Develop Better Batteries for Energy Alternatives

Martin, an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering in Iowa State University's department of materials science and engineering and an associate of…

Earth Sciences

The Science Behind the Haiti Earthquake

In its wake, the magnitude-seven quake in Port-au-Prince created a humanitarian crisis that the world is still trying desperately to respond to. While the…

Life & Chemistry

Human Genetic Adaptation Leads to Longer Lives, More Cancer and Heart Disease

Comparing the life spans of humans with other primates, Caleb Finch, ARCO & William F. Kieschnick Professor in the Neurobiology of Aging in the USC Davis…

Information Technology

New, Fast Computing Simulation Tool Nets Best Paper Award

Shukla, a 2004 recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and a 2008 recipient of the Freidrich Wilhelm Bessel Award…

Earth Sciences

Monitoring Peat from Earth, Space

This new method could help monitor the damage that is being done to peatlands through human activity. Such disruption is contributing to global warming, as…

Physics & Astronomy

Breakthrough Could Change Sampling Technology Forever

“Sampling” technology is central to the operation of these devices and in general to the field of digital communications. Increasing the bandwidth of the…

Studies and Analyses

Fluctuating Blood Glucose Levels May Affect Decision Making

Studies have indicated that there may be a link between blood glucose levels (our body's energy) and thinking. For example, making difficult choices uses up…

Earth Sciences

Plant Evolution Led to Permanent Changes to the Way Rivers Looked and Behaved

This is a time of continents colliding, North America and Greenland hitting Europe, smashing together and making mountains. The planet’s land mass is mostly…

Health & Medicine

Mayo Clinic and IBM Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms

The new method uses analytics technology developed by the Mayo and IBM collaboration, Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Center and has proven a 95 percent…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reports Reaction Rates for Three Greenhouse Gases

The three compounds are potentially important because they absorb infrared energy in the so-called “atmospheric window” region – at wavelengths where other…

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