Guest Post – Page 923 – Shamskm: A site to exchange knowledge and solutions

Scientists Probe Indian Ocean for Clues to Worldwide Weather Patterns

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2011Environmentaddu atoll, amie project, asian and australian monsoons, chidong zhang, chuck long, diego garcia, disturbance of the tropics, dual wavelength doppler radar, dynamics of the madden julian oscillation, dynamo, equator, hurricane activity in the northeast pacific and gulf of mexico, indian ocean, japan agency for marine earth science and technology, madden julian oscillation or mjo, maldives, manus island, mitchell moncrieff, national science foundation, numerical models, onset of el niño, s polka, source of atmospheric variability, super site, tropical weather, university of miami, west coast of north america, worldwide weather patterns

*Study how tropical weather brews in the Indian Ocean and moves eastward along the equator*

An international team of researchers will begin gathering in the Indian Ocean next month, using aircraft, ships, moorings, radars, numerical models and other tools to study how tropical weather brews there and moves eastward along the equator, with reverberating effects around the globe.

The six-month field campaign, known as DYNAMO or Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, will help improve long-range weather forecasts and seasonal outlooks and enable scientists to further refine computer models of global climate. (more…)

Glow-in-the-Dark Millipede Says ‘Stay Away’

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2011Naturebioluminescent aposematism, bioluminescent millipedes, defense mechanism, glowing millipedes, warning coloration

The world’s only bioluminescent millipedes use their glow as a warning signal to nocturnal predators, a UA-led research team has discovered

As night falls in certain mountain regions in California, a strange breed of creepy crawlies emerges from the soil: millipedes that glow in the dark. The reason behind the glowing secret has stumped biologists until now. (more…)

Who are you? People Yearn for Positive Perception about Themselves

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2011Healthcommunion reputations, communion traits, negative perceptions, positive perception

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—People care about how others view them and will go to great lengths to repair negative perceptions, a new University of Michigan study found. (more…)

‘People-Centric’ Windows Phone 7.5 Update Released

By Guest PostSeptember 27, 2011Technologyallrecipes, andy lees, bing, bing vision, flickster, flixster, foursquare, holiday season, hubs, imdb, internet explorer, internet movie database, live tiles, mango, Microsoft, nokia, parachute panic, samsung focus, windows phone, windows phone 7, xbox live

*A look at the latest release of Windows Phone, previously code-named “Mango,” with Windows Phone Division president Andy Lees.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Sept. 27, 2011 – Beginning this morning, Windows Phones around the world will start to “ding” with important news: Windows Phone 7.5 is starting to roll out.

The first major release since Windows Phone 7 launched less than a year ago, the 7.5 release offers hundreds of new features and experiences designed to build on the phone’s intuitive, “people-first” foundation – multitasking, more integrated apps, primo mobile Web browsing, and powerful and personalized tools, like integrated social networking and conversation threads, for connecting with the people in our lives. (more…)

Breaking Down Plastics: New Standard Specification may Facilitate Use of Additives that Trigger Biodegradation of Oil-Based Plastics in Landfills

By Guest PostSeptember 27, 2011Environmentbiodegradable plastics, bioplastics, landfill bacteria, oil based plastics, oxobiodegradables, plastic water bottles, recycling

Despite efforts to encourage the recycling of plastic water bottles, milk jugs and similar containers, a majority of the plastic packaging produced each year in the United States ends up in landfills, where it can take thousands of years to degrade. To address that problem with traditional polyethylene, polypropylene, Styrofoam and PET products, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are working with the Plastics Environmental Council (PEC) to expand the use of chemical additives that cause such items to biodegrade in landfills. (more…)

UMD Study Finds Facebook Applications Create More Than 182,000 New U.S. Jobs Worth $12.19B+

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 20113 commentsTechnologyapp economy, applications for the facebook platform, Economy, Facebook, farmville, il horn hann, mobile technology applications, popular games, siva viswanathan, software, university of maryland, us jobs picture

College Park, Md. – While the U.S. jobs picture may be bleak, the proliferation of Facebook and mobile technology applications has spawned an entirely new industry dubbed the “App Economy” – that has added at least 182,000 new jobs and contributed more than $12.19 billion in wages and benefits to the U.S. economy this year, according to new research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Using more aggressive estimates, the Facebook App Economy created a total of 235,644 jobs, adding a value of $15.71 billion to the economy. (more…)

Exhibit: She Was an Archaeologist, Arabist, Diplomat and Spy

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 2011Culturearabic, arabist, archaeologist, baghdad, Britain, diplomat, european arabist, gallery at the whitney, gertrude bell, gertrude bell in mesopotamia, Iraq, iraq museum, lawrence of arabia, middle east, oriental secretary of iraq, oxford, persian, robert myers, spy, syria, t e lawrence, throne of king faisal, whitney humanities center

Gertrude Bell, a colleague of T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia) and the diplomat who drew the borders of modern-day Iraq, is the focus of a new exhibition opening Monday, Sept. 26, in the Gallery at the Whitney, located within the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.

The exhibit, titled “Gertrude Bell in Mesopotamia: Archaeologist, Arabist, Diplomat, Spy,” will be on view through Dec. 16. (more…)

Over the Hump: Ecologists Use Power of Network Science to Challenge Long-Held Theory

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 2011Nature, Sciencealpine tundra, british ecologist, bugle lily, ecologists, effects of environmental change on biodiversity, elizabeth borer, emperor new clothes, global sampling, grime unimodal pattern, habitats, henry gholz, hump shaped model, j philip grime, mt gilboa, national science foundation, peter adler, plant and animal species, productivity of the habitat, scientist, South Africa, utah state university

*Global sampling of 48 sites on five continents yields unprecedented data set*

For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down principles explaining why some habitats have many more plant and animal species than others.

Much of this debate is focused on the idea that the number of species is determined by the productivity of the habitat.

Shouldn’t a patch of prairie contain a different number of species than an arid steppe or an alpine tundra? (more…)

Author Archives: Guest Post