News articles tagged with 'data'
Darwin meets Facebook
— 10 Nov 2009 15:15 | BiologyNatural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's... — full story
History in 3-D
— 5 Nov 2009 12:02 | TechnologyIf you don't have the time to travel to Florence, you can still see Michelangelo's statue of David on the Internet, revolving in true-to-life 3D around its own axis. This is a preview... — full story
Standards for a new genomic era
— 22 Oct 2009 15:10 | BiologyA team of geneticists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, together with a consortium of international researchers, has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the... — full story
Smallest nanoantennas for high-speed data networks
— 21 Oct 2009 11:23 | TechnologyMore than 120 years after the discovery of the electromagnetic character of radio waves by Heinrich Hertz, wireless data transmission dominates information technology. Higher and higher... — full story
Researchers can predict hurricane-related power outages
— 21 Oct 2009 11:20 | EnvironmentUsing data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and Texas A and M universities say they have found a way to accurately predict power... — full story
New NIST method reveals all you need to know about 'waveforms'
— 11 Oct 2009 12:40 | TechnologyThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms - graphical shapes showing how electrical signals vary over time - rather... — full story
Establishing standard definitions for genome sequences
— 10 Oct 2009 10:10 | BiologyIn 1996, researchers from major genome sequencing centres around the world convened on the island of Bermuda and defined a finished genome as a gapless sequence with a nucleotide error... — full story
Consumers dictate their own 'rules of engagement' with retailers online
— 22 Sep 2009 10:04 | TechnologyConsumers are taking back control of their personal data as more businesses are proactively seeking detailed information (buying habits, demographic data, etc.). While retailers may... — full story
Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the world
— 16 Sep 2009 12:14 | TechnologyNew mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to... — full story
ESA campaign reveals glimpse of future Sentinel-3 imagery
— 9 Sep 2009 11:50 | EnvironmentAs part of the development process for ESA's Sentinel-3 Earth observation mission, remote-sensing experts carried out an extensive experiment campaign across southern Europe this summer.... — full story