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New tools assess the future of wind power
Using software tools developed by Near Zero, a research group hosted by the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology, a team of researchers has completed the largest expert survey yet on any energy technology, in this case wind...
App vs. website: Which best protects your privacy?
That's the question that Northeastern researchers, led by
assistant professor David Choffnes, ask in new research that
explores how free app- and web- based services on Android and iOS mobile...
New service improves cloud storage usage on mobile devices
A new service developed at Binghamton University, State University of New York could improve performance of mobile devices that save data to the cloud.
Researchers find vulnerabilities in iPhone, iPad operating system
An international team of computer science researchers has identified serious security vulnerabilities in the iOS - the operating system used in Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. The vulnerabilities make a...
Norwegian prisons rehabilitate criminal offenders
The research project "The Social Costs of incarceration" is the largest study of imprisonment and return to a normal life that has ever been conducted in Europe.
New device could help improve taste of foods low in fat, sugar and salt
Scientists may be closing in on a way to let consumers savor the sweet taste of cake, cookies and other culinary delights without the sugar rush. In preliminary tests using...
Paper-based device spots falsified or degraded medications (video)
The developing world is awash in substandard, degraded or falsified
medications, which can either directly harm users or deprive them
of needed treatment. And with internet sales of medications on...
New study: Are voters influenced by campaign visits?
Los Angeles, CA (August 17, 2016) Despite their extensive national
press coverage, campaign visits might not be worth presidential
candidates' time and resources. A new study out today finds that...
Researchers find that Android apps can secretly track users' whereabouts
Three years ago, the Federal Trade Commission dimmed hopes for the Brightest Flashlight app for Android, slapping its developer with charges of consumer deception. Why? The app was transmitting users'...
Online gaming can boost school scores
Teenagers who regularly play online video games tend to improve their school results, according to new research from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Echo templates aid mental mapping in bats
A study published in eLife provides new insights on how bats recognise their surroundings to help them build mental maps.
Language delivers fourfold speedups on big-data problems
In today's computer chips, memory management is based on what computer scientists call the principle of locality: If a program needs a chunk of data stored at some memory location, it probably needs the neighboring chunks as well.
Team of robots learns to work together, without colliding
When roboticists create behaviors for teams of robots, they first build algorithms that focus on the intended task. Then they wrap safety behaviors around those primary algorithms to keep the...
Beat the stock market by satisfying customers
Satisfy your customers and win in the stock market, says a new study by a team of researchers from Michigan's University Research Corridor, who found positive stock returns on customer...
Louisiana Tech University uses underground radar to locate post-Katrina damage
An innovative underground radar technology developed at Louisiana
Tech University is helping the City of Slidell in south Louisiana
to identify and document underground infrastructure damage that had
gone undetected...
Ramen noodles supplanting cigarettes as currency among prisoners
Ramen noodles are supplanting the once popular cigarettes as a form of currency among state prisoners, but not in response to bans on tobacco products within prison systems, finds a...
Edible food packaging made from milk proteins (video)
At the grocery store, most foods -- meats, breads, cheeses, snacks
-- come wrapped in plastic packaging. Not only does this create a
lot of non-recyclable, non-biodegradable waste, but thin...
Stanford scientists combine satellite data and machine learning to map poverty
One of the biggest challenges in providing relief to people living
in poverty is locating them. The availability of accurate and
reliable information on the location of impoverished zones is...
In right balance, environmental regulations increased firms' profits, new study finds
CEOs and corporate lobbyists often spend plenty of time decrying how potential government regulations will affect their bottom line, but a new University of Kansas study finds that the U.S....
Study highlights serious security threat to many internet users
RIVERSIDE, Calif.
-- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have
identified a weakness in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of
all Linux operating systems since late 2012...
Reach in and touch objects in videos
We learn a lot about objects by manipulating them: poking, pushing, prodding, and then seeing how they react.
How 5-star online customer reviews can backfire
It may be counterintuitive, but the more positive online reviews a product gets may actually lead to a net negative profit for the retailer. That's the conclusion of new...
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