News articles tagged with 'data'
Predicting serious drug side effects before they occur
— 29 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthAll medications have side-effects from common aspirin to herbal remedies and from standard anticancer drugs to experimental immunosuppressants. However, predicting important side effects,…
New laser technology prepares to revolutionise communications
— 29 Mar 2011 16:37 | TechnologyAs fibre optic technology continues to advance, it faces challenges from both its physical properties and its use of infrastructure. One emerging high-speed solution being developed…
Miniature lasers could help launch new age of the Internet
— 15 Mar 2011 19:50 | TechnologyA new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet…
Development team achieves 1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
— 1 Mar 2011 18:45 | TechnologyWith worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities…
Multiple genome sequencing yields detailed map of structural variants behind our genetic differences
— 3 Feb 2011 16:42 | HealthAnalysing billions of pieces of genetic data collected from people around the world, Boston College biologist Gabor Marth and his research team are playing an integral role in the global…
New hardware boosts communication speed on multi-core chips
— 1 Feb 2011 21:42 | TechnologyComputer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed hardware that allows programs to operate more efficiently by significantly boosting the speed at which the 'cores'…
Researchers train software to help monitor climate change
— 3 Jan 2011 20:11 | EnvironmentA computer program that automatically analyses mounds of satellite images and other data could help climate scientists keep track of complex, constantly changing environmental conditions,…
Obesity increases risk of death in severe vehicle crashes, study shows
— 3 Jan 2011 17:32 | HealthModerately and morbidly obese persons face many health issues - heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, gallbladder disease and others…
New annotated database sifts through mountains of sequencing data to find gene promoters
— 3 Jan 2011 17:29 | BiologyResearchers at The Wistar Institute announce the release of an online tool that will help scientists find 'gene promoters' - regions along a DNA strand that tell a cell's transcription…
Satellite data provide a new way to monitor groundwater in agricultural regions
— 14 Dec 2010 19:51 | EnvironmentWhen you dive into that salad full of lettuce grown in the American West, there's a good chance you are enjoying the product of irrigation from an underground water source. These hidden…