The Internet can be a powerful medium for politicians to get their message across but…
Month: November 2009
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FCC Chair Calls For Broadband for All
Making broadband Internet access universally available is this century’s version of building highways or extending…
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Home Sweet Networked Home, Part 1
By now many of us — even some of us who once couldn’t program the…
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Organizational psychologists use Rock Band to study how people achieve flow while at work
Using the video game Rock Band, organizational psychologists have found that — like Goldilocks —…
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‘No muss, no fuss’ miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed
Researchers have created a novel and simple way to analyze samples that are complex mixtures…
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Flu and children: RSV causes far more hospitalizations than seasonal flu
Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the public spotlight. However, a new analysis shows that…
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Butterfly proboscis to sip cells
A butterfly’s proboscis looks like a straw — long, slender and used for sipping —…
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Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia
Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as…
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Hydrogen-economy on the way? New hydrogen-storage method discovered
Scientists have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make…