Officials with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) announce the release of a newly-developed strategic plan, that will inform the organization's decisions for the upcoming five years. The document underlies a more efficient resource allocation pattern for the agency, and also allows it to identify researche... |
11 May 2011
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The international astronomical community is today holding its breath pending the release of a tremendously-important report on the future directions of development for space exploration.Produced by the National Research Council (NRC), the new document will mention the top priorities that space sciences will have all ... |
13 August 2010
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Silkworms and spiders may seem like small insects to us, but they are the keepers of a secret that scientists would pay a mind-boggling sum of money to learn. These creatures are the only ones that can produce natural silk, a material that is highly-flexible, yet tougher than steel and Kevlar. The compound has been w... |
30 July 2010
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The way things are looking for NASA's Project Constellation, one could expect at this time to see the White House propose a cancellation of the ARES I project in the next year, analysts are saying. An investigation report that Obama required from an independent panel last year showed that the level of funding at... |
20 January 2010
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Soon, the US Human Space Flight Plans Committee, informally known as the Augustine Commission, will present its conclusions about the future development avenues NASA could be set on to the Obama Administration. Despite the fact that the panel is charged with rethinking the agency's policies, it seems to be at an... |
9 October 2009
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The recent Russian incident, in which several people were killed in an explosion that took place inside a Soviet-era dam, has again brought into highlight the challenges facing dams in the US as well. With most of them older than half a century, these constructions are right now beginning to show signs of fatigue, an... |
26 August 2009
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A new report, released by an appointed panel of the non-partisan National Research Council, shows that the way in which America's scientific secrets are kept is no longer secure, now that the Soviet Union is gone and the term “enemies” can designate virtually anyone. Additionally, the report underlin... |
9 January 2009
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With an increase of 28 percent, the computer and video game software sales reached $9.5 billion in 2007, setting a new record according to final data compiled by the NPD Group and announced by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). "The video game industry set the pace over all others in 2007, with record-brea... |
29 January 2008
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We know this is not the kind of news you'd like to hear, especially now, during the holidays, but that is what Doctor Chou Yuan-hua, from the department of Psychiatry of Taipei Veterans General Hospital claims to happen if you play video games. Actually, he says that gamers risk to damage their brain functions a... |
27 December 2007
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Christmas has always been a time when video game developers and publishers from across the world enjoy boosted sales. That's why many games are released during this period - and the same should've happened with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 4. Initially scheduled for October 2007, the game has been delay... |
11 December 2007
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I sure like fishing and fried fish, but when it comes to phishing… well, that's a different story. Phishing is an Internet-based scam designed to trick the victims into revealing various sensitive information about themselves, such as account credentials, credit card numbers etc. All the data is to be used by th... |
10 October 2007
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Security company Message labs has announced the results of its intelligence report for the 3rd quarter of 2007. Amongst other details, it reveals that virus and phishing levels have significantly increased, reaching levels that haven't been seen since early 2006. This is pretty bad, because it means that these m... |
28 September 2007
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