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• Global Warming
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  Greenland May Be Slip-Sliding Away Due to Surface Lake Melting

  April 16, 2012 — Like snow sliding off a roof on a sunny day, the Greenland Ice Sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean due to massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, according to a new study by the ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Hacking
  Encryption
  Computer Programming
  Biometric
  Engineering
   

  Android Vulnerability Debugged

  April 12, 2012 — Researchers have discovered and neutralized a serious vulnerability present in all versions of Android, the popular operating system developed by Google specifically for smartphones and tablet ... > full story
• Energy Technology
  Solar Energy
  Batteries
  Software
  Wind Energy
  Physics
   
  

  Free Apps Drain Smartphone Energy on 'Advertising Modules'

  April 4, 2012 — Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and ... > full story
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Brain Tumor
  Intelligence
   
  

  New Early Warning System for Seizures Could Lead to Fewer False Alarms

  April 3, 2012 — Biomedical engineers have devised seizure detection software to significantly cut the number of unneeded electrical pulses an epilepsy patient receives from brain ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
  Alternative Fuels
  Renewable Energy
  Nuclear Energy
  Fuel Cells
  Petroleum
   

  Nuclear Power Plants Can Produce Hydrogen to Fuel the 'Hydrogen Economy'

  March 26, 2012 — The long-sought technology for enabling the fabled “hydrogen economy” — an era based on hydrogen fuel that replaces gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels, easing concerns about ... > full story
• Vehicles
  Materials Science
  Civil Engineering
  Artificial Intelligence
  Robotics
  Spintronics
   
  

  Swarming and Transporting

  March 23, 2012 — On its own, an ant is not particularly clever. But in a community, the insects can solve complicated tasks. Researchers intend to put this "swarm intelligence“ to use in the logistics field. ... > full story
• Transportation Issues
  Information Technology
  Encryption
  Hacking
  Urbanization
  Internet
   

  National Study Ranks City Governments' Use of Social Media

  March 22, 2012 — Six times as many big-city governments reached citizens via Facebook in 2011 compared to 2009. Use of YouTube and Twitter grew fourfold and threefold respectively. Researchers ranked the online ... > full story
• Ancient Civilizations
  Satellites
  Lost Treasures
  NASA
  Anthropology
  Fossils
   
  

  Spotting Ancient Sites, from Space

  March 19, 2012 — An archaeologist has dramatically simplified the process of finding early human settlements by using computers to scour satellite images for the tell-tale clues of human habitation, and in the ... > full story
• Trees
  Forest
  Botany
  Biodiversity
  Evolutionary Biology
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Reintroducing the American Chestnut Tree

  March 19, 2012 — Reintroduction of the American chestnut tree after billions died due to blight could be accomplished more effectively thanks to a software ... > full story
• Software
  Hacking
  Encryption
  Computer Programming
  Communications
  Computer Science
   

  To Combat Identity Theft, Protect Computer, Experts Say

  March 19, 2012 — Having a triple-threat combination of protective software on your computer greatly reduces your chances of identity theft, according to a new ... > full story

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