Plant ‘Breathing’ Mechanism Discovered
Palo Alto, CA — A tiny, little-understood plant pore has enormous implications for weather forecasting, climate change, agriculture, hydrology, and more. (more…)
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The Long-Term Fate of the Oil Spill in the Atlantic
Honolulu, HI – The possible spread of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig over the course of one year was studied in a series of computer simulations by a team of researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Microsoft and NASA Bring Mars Down to Earth Through the WorldWide Telescope
*Dramatic imagery from NASA Mars missions creates new user experiences in the Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope.*
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Research and NASA are providing an entirely new experience to users of the WorldWide Telescope, which will allow visitors to interact with and explore our solar system like never before.
Amazon Web Services Introduces Cluster Compute Instances
*New Cluster Compute Instances provide scalable, elastic, cost-efficient AWS cloud resources for advanced HPC workloads*
SEATTLE, Jul 13, 2010 – Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company, today announced Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2, a new instance type specifically designed for high-performance computing (HPC) applications and other demanding network-bound applications.
World Market Nervous over BP’s Possible Collapse
The British Cabinet of Ministers gathered for a special meeting to discuss the future of one of the world’s largest oil companies in the world, British Petroleum, in connection with the liquidation of the consequences of the ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Google Sites Has Largest Audience in Asia Pacific Region While Tencent Captures Highest Share of Online Minutes
*comScore to Host Webinar: State of the Internet with a Focus on Asia Pacific on July 13*
Singapore, July 12, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its May 2010 ranking of the top online properties in the Asia-Pacific region based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service. (more…)
Study Shows Age Doesn’t Necessarily Affect Decision-Making
Many people believe that getting older means losing a mental edge, leading to poor decision-making.
Technological Advances and the Dangers of Nuclear Energy
The successive and increasingly frequent occurrences of environmental disasters caused by human activities deserves our utmost attention. Leading us to necessarily suspect that we should have credible and foolproof trials before accepting assertions regarding existing technologies. (more…)