A growing number of scientific fields suffer from a stifling embarassment of riches: data pile up much faster than they can be analyzed. A team of researchers at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 5, 2007
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In July, 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft released a probe that blasted a crater in comet Tempel 1, spilling its elements into space so scientists could discover its composition. The assault was justified because comets are ...
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2007
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As spring melt of winter snow is underway in the Baltic Sea watershed region, satellites are monitoring and mapping the snow melting process to help local authorities manage water supplies and predict and prepare for floods. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2007
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NASA said it will transport a new shuttle external fuel tank to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week.
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2007
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A Brandeis University study published in Cell this week shows for the first time experimentally that the circadian cells in fruit flies function as a network that enables the insects to adapt their behavior according to seasonal ...
Apr 5, 2007
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Endosymbiotic relationships—in which one organism lives within another—are striking examples of mutualism, and can often significantly shape the biology of the participant species. In new findings that highlight the extent ...
Apr 5, 2007
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Starting to breed late in life is a bad idea if you want to maximise the number of offspring that you produce - or so the theory goes. But doubt has now been cast on this hypothesis - one of the biggest assumptions in behavioural ...
Apr 5, 2007
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Scientists from the universities of Exeter and Cambridge have turned a textbook example of sexual selection on its head and shown that females may be more astute at choosing a mate than previously thought.
Apr 5, 2007
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Using 24 years of data from the longest-running study of a cooperative bird species on the African continent, researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Cape Town have cast doubt on one of the biggest assumptions in behavioral ...
Apr 5, 2007
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Harvard University, BBN Technologies, and the City of Cambridge have begun a four-year project to install 100 wireless sensors atop streetlights in Cambridge, Mass., creating the world's first city-wide network of wireless ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 5, 2007
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