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Test After Test Turns Students Off Math
October 17, 2007 — The ever-growing strain of examinations, cramming and top-down teaching is turning students off studying maths at university - according to new research. Researchers in the UK says the pressures ... > full story -
Apple, National Semiconductor Among California Companies With No Women At The Top
October 17, 2007 — Nearly one third of the largest public companies headquartered in California have no women at the top, a new study shows. Almost half of the companies have no women directors and more than a third ... > full story -
Thwarting The Growth Of Internet Black Markets
October 16, 2007 — Computer scientists have designed new computer tools to better understand and potentially thwart the growth of Internet black markets, where attackers use well-developed business practices to hawk ... > full story -
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Computer Security Can Double As Help For The Blind
October 16, 2007 — Before you can post a comment to most blogs, you have to type in a series of distorted letters and numbers to prove that you are a person and not a computer attempting to add comment spam to the ... > full story -
Mechanism Design Theory Founders Win 2007 Nobel Prize In Economics
October 16, 2007 — The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 jointly to Leonid Hurwicz, of the University of Minnesota, Eric S. ... > full story -
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Photo Search System Auto-Tags, Then Learns From Users
October 16, 2007 — Searching for digital photographs could become easier with a new software system that not only automatically tags images as they are uploaded, but also improves those tags by 'learning' from users' ... > full story -
Adaptive Technology Developed For Visually Impaired Engineers
October 16, 2007 — By adding features to commonly used chemical-engineering software packages, researchers have developed adaptive technology that allows blind or visually impaired students and working professionals to ... > full story -
New Quantum Dot Transistor Counts Individual Photons
October 15, 2007 — Researchers have designed and demonstrated a transistor containing quantum dots that can count individual photons. The semiconductor device could be integrated easily into electronics for ... > full story -
Novel Semiconductor Structure Bends Light 'Wrong' Way -- Exciting Application Potential
October 15, 2007 — Scientists have created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This ... > full story -
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Microgrid Allows Simultaneous Study Of Multiple Variables
October 15, 2007 — Scientists have developed a method for correlating the results of microscopic imaging techniques in a way that could lead to improved understanding, diagnosis and possibly treatment of a variety of ... > full story -
Matching Pathogens To Their Antibodies: Could Lead To HIV Vaccine
October 15, 2007 — The search for a vaccination against HIV has been in progress since 1984, with very little success. Traditional methods used for identifying potential cellular targets can be very costly and ... > full story -
Home Fire Sprinklers Score 'A' In Cost-benefit Study
October 15, 2007 — Sometimes life-saving technologies seem beyond the reach of the average person. If you put residential fire sprinklers in that category, think again. Economists ran the numbers. Their benefit-cost ... > full story
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