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Internet Security: Researchers Break W3C Standard
October 19, 2011 Standards are supposed to guarantee security, especially in the WWW. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main force behind standards like HTML, XML, and XML Encryption. But implementing a W3C ... > full story -
New, Higher Estimates of Endangered Humpback Whales in the North Pacific
October 18, 2011 Scientists have increased the estimate on the number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean. The increase follows a refined statistical analysis of data compiled in 2008 from the largest whale ... > full story -
Experimental Mathematics: Computing Power Leads to Insights
October 13, 2011 In a new article, mathematicians describe how modern computer technology has vastly expanded our ability to discover new mathematical results. By computing mathematical expressions to very high ... > full story -
Feeding the World While Protecting the Planet: Global Plan for Sustainable Agriculture
October 12, 2011 An international team of researchers from Canada, the US, Sweden and Germany has come up with a plan to double the world's food production while reducing the environmental impacts of ... > full story -
Rangers and Brewers Solid Favorites for Championships, Math Professor Says
October 11, 2011 The Major League Baseball Division Series is underway and math professors have once again analyzed the probability of each team advancing to the World ... > full story -
UK Government Claims That Patient Choice Improves Health Care Is Based on Flawed Research, Experts Say
October 9, 2011 Research which claims to show that the introduction of patient choice in the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) reduced deaths from heart attacks is flawed and misleading, according to a ... > full story -
Preschool Program Improves Standardized Test Scores Through Grade 5
October 6, 2011 Continued participation in the Harrisburg Preschool Program has led fifth-grade students to score higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment literacy and math tests than peers who have not ... > full story -
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Practical Play: Interactive Video Games Appear Valuable for ICU Patients
October 5, 2011 Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units, new research ... > full story -
Priming With DNA Vaccine Makes Avian Flu Vaccine Work Better: Proof of Concept for Universal Influenza Vaccine
October 3, 2011 The immune response to an H5N1 avian influenza vaccine was greatly enhanced in healthy adults if they were first primed with a DNA vaccine expressing a gene for a key H5N1 protein, researchers ... > full story -
Early to Bed and Early to Rise: Study Suggests It's Keeping Kids Leaner
September 30, 2011 Researchers recording the bedtimes and wake times of 2,200 Australian youths found that the night owls were 1.5 times more likely to become obese than the early birds, twice as likely to be ... > full story
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