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Research Publications Online: Too Much Of A Good Thing?
July 19, 2008 — The Internet gives scientists and researchers instant access to an astonishing number of academic journals. So what is the impact of having such a wealth of information at their fingertips? The ... > full story -
Virtual World Is Sign Of Future For Scientists, Engineers
July 18, 2008 — A new virtual environment enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. This is part of a research trend, with ... > full story -
ITunes Allows Radiologists To Save, Sort And Search Personal Learning Files
July 18, 2008 — iTunes has the ability to manage and organize PDF files just as easily as music files, allowing radiologists to better organize their personal files of articles and images, according to a recent ... > full story -
Focused Internet Services Provide Better Support To Breast Cancer Patients
July 15, 2008 — Access to an integrated system of internet health resources helps patients more than simply providing a list of URLs to accredited ... > full story -
Avatars As Communicators Of Emotions
July 10, 2008 — Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A Ph.D. thesis puts forward the use of avatars or virtual ... > full story -
Software Helps Developers Get Started With PIV Cards
July 10, 2008 — NIST has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-on, digital signing and ... > full story -
Online Courses Boost Infection Control Skills That Could Prove Vital In A Pandemic
July 10, 2008 — Staff who took part in a specially designed online infection control course -- in addition to receiving on-the-job training -- said their skills improved by a fifth and led to a number of suggestions ... > full story -
Creating A New Approach To Archiving Human Genetic Information
July 8, 2008 — How a genomic code is deciphered is traditionally left to professional annotators who use information from a number of sources (for instance, knowledge about similar genes in other organisms) to work ... > full story -
Crawling The Internet To Track Infectious Disease Outbreaks
July 8, 2008 — Could Internet discussion forums, listservs and online news outlets be an informative source of information on disease outbreaks? A team of researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard ... > full story -
Online Service Lets Blind Surf The Internet From Any Computer, Anywhere
June 27, 2008 — New software lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Internet on the go. The computer science student who created the software, called WebAnywhere, says more accessibility tools must move ... > full story -
Idle Computers Offer Hope To Solve Cancer's Mysteries Through Grid Computing Project
June 26, 2008 — A biomedical engineering professor is using a concept called "grid computing" to allow the average person to donate idle computer time in a global effort to fight ... > full story -
It's Email, But At A Snail's Pace
June 26, 2008 — Bournemouth University researchers are using live snails to send emails as part of a 'slow art' project aimed at encouraging people to explore notions of ... > full story
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