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comScore Releases European Engagement and Top Web Properties Rankings for April 2011

By Guest PostJune 1, 2011TechnologyComscore, comscore vp, european markets, european web property, expedia sites, Facebook, french national railway corporation, google sites, groupe sncf, helene azevedo, hotels, internet usage in europe, ireland, mail, microsoft sites, Netherlands, russian social network, social networks, spain, total european internet audience, tripadvisor sites, tsjerk kooistra, unique visitors, vkontakte

*European Online Travel Industry Shows 11 Percent Growth in the Past Year*

LONDON, UK, June 1, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of internet usage in Europe, showing 365.3 million unique visitors went online in April 2011 for an average of 24.2 hours per person. This study draws its analysis from comScore’s research panel, which shows internet usage in 49 European markets aggregated under the European region and provides individual reports on 18 markets. Among the 18 markets, the Netherlands showed the highest average engagement at 31.3 hours per person, 30 percent higher than the collective European average. (more…)

‘Dead’ Galaxies Aren’t So Dead After All

By Guest PostJune 1, 2011Sciencedead galaxies, elliptical galaxy, old galaxies, star formation

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— University of Michigan astronomers examined old galaxies and were surprised to discover that they are still making new stars. The results provide insights into how galaxies evolve with time. (more…)

Spurring Sweet Success

By Guest PostJune 1, 2011Environmentcrop health, diseases, farmers, farming, michigan, michigan state university, michigan sugar beet advancement program, michigan sugar co, nematodes, parasitic worms, paul pfenninger, plants, poindexter, roots, sugar beet, sugar beet industry, sugar quality, sweet partnership, tillage practices

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Thanks to Michigan State University, a sweet partnership has helped resurrect Michigan’s $444 million sugar beet industry.

In 1996 the industry was in peril. Yields hit an all-time low due to pest, disease and production issues that greatly reduced crop health. Farmers were looking to get out of sugar beet farming and switch to more profitable crops. Industry representatives reached out to MSU to help solve the problem. (more…)

‘Online Ads Circumvent Offline Ad Bans’

By Guest PostJune 1, 2011Technologyadvertise, advertising restrictions on alcohol, alcoholic beverage, avi goldfarb, billboard, catherine tucker, gambling, goldfarb, information, online advertising, prescription drugs, tobacco, university of toronto

*Consumers have access to more than one advertising medium today*

Not allowed to advertise your booze or smokes on a billboard? That’s okay. Research shows online advertising works especially well in places with government ad bans.

“If you want to regulate the offline world, you have to remember that people have access online too and you have to think about how that online world is going to mitigate the effects of your regulation,” said Avi Goldfarb, a marketing professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management who co-wrote a study on the topic with Catherine Tucker of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. (more…)

IBM Expands Smarter Commerce Initiative for Business Partners to Seize New Market Opportunity

By Guest PostMay 31, 2011Technologybusiness partners, ecosystem of partners, ibm global financing, smarter commerce initiative, zero percent financing

ARMONK, N.Y. – 31 May 2011: IBM today announced an expansion of its Smarter Commerce initiative to help Business Partners seize the growing market opportunity created by shifting buying patterns brought on by mobile and social computing. In addition to sales, marketing and technical guidance, Business Partners can qualify to earn incentives of up to 50 percent of the software sales transaction and receive zero percent financing. (more…)

U.S. Can Curb Carbon Emissions While Boosting Domestic Oil Production, Report Says

By Guest PostMay 31, 2011Environmentcarbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprint, CCS, ccs projects, CO2, co2 eor, coal fired electricity plants, coal power plants, curbing emissions of carbon dioxide, domestic oil production, enhanced oil recovery, eor, ernest j moniz, industrial sources to oil field sinks, massachusetts institute of technology, MIT, natural sources, permian basin, scott w tinker, the university of texas at austin, us energy security, use of anthropogenic co2, west texas

AUSTIN, Texas — A report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The University of Texas at Austin urges the U.S. to accelerate efforts to pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) in combination with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a practice that could increase domestic oil production while significantly curbing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂).

For decades the oil industry has used CO₂ to extract oil from mature fields, often relying on purchased CO₂ from natural sources. The idea of seeking CO₂ from industrial sources, such as coal- and natural gas-fired electricity plants, has gained currency because of public concerns about carbon dioxide emissions. (more…)

Changes in Brain Circuitry Play Role in Moral Sensitivity as People Grow Up

By Guest PostMay 31, 2011Healthbrain circuitry, eye tracking, moral sensitivity, pupil dilation

People’s moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden scenarios. (more…)

Who Knows You Best? Not You, Say Psychologists

By Guest PostMay 31, 2011Cultureanxiety related traits, blind spots, conventional wisdom, erika n carlson, Facebook, know thyself, listen to others, simine vazire, socrates

Know thyself. That was Socrates’ advice, and it squares with conventional wisdom. “It’s a natural tendency to think we know ourselves better than others do,” says Washington University in St. Louis assistant professor Simine Vazire.

But a new article by Vazire and her colleague Erika N. Carlson reviews the research and suggests an addendum to the philosopher’s edict: Ask a friend. “There are aspects of personality that others know about us that we don’t know ourselves, and vice-versa,” says Vazire. “To get a complete picture of a personality, you need both perspectives.” The paper is published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. (more…)

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