31/01/2006

Enter the semantic grid

Working under the IST programme-funded OntoGrid project, they are catalysing the evolution of the Grid from a distributed network of computers in which the meaning of information is implicit and hidden into a medium that ...

School chief wants renewed science focus

The president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute wants U.S. President George Bush to urge a renewed national focus on science and technology.

Scientists explore effects of emotions

Researchers say people who have negative emotions without knowing their source often allow the emotions to affect decisions on unrelated issues.

Study: We really do like larger bills

A University of Iowa money study explores our preference for big bills over small ones -- and explains our marked reluctance to part with a larger bill.

Two super heavy elements discovered

A Swiss research group has participated in the discovery of new chemical elements. The elements have the numbers 113 and 115 and were discovered by a combination of physical and chemical techniques in the Russian nuclear ...

Study: Variety may not be 'spice of life'

Variety, according to the saying, is "the spice of life," but Seoul National University researchers say it might not be as much as we expect it to be.

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