grrow - 24.07.12 19:28 In an attempt to ‘stop global warming’, scientists have been experimenting with dumping several tons of iron into the Antarctic ocean in order to potentially fertilize the development of plankton. Despite raising a multitude of red flags raised from leading scientific organizations and health watch organizations, a new study is now calling for... mehr bei makeahistory.com

worldspy - 10.05.12 00:31 Security researchers from AegisLab have spotted numerous fake mobile antivirus scanners, currently available for download at Google's Play marketplace. mehr bei zdnet.com

KMR - 24.03.12 21:22 Have you ever wanted to relive one of your most treasured memories? Not just think about the memory, but actually relive it? According to new research coming out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can.

Neuroscientists at MIT have discovered that memories are physical and can be reactivated. mehr bei mashable.com

worldspy - 22.12.11 17:41 Notre Dame researchers have created a semiconductive paste, which can turn surfaces its applied to into solar cells.
A team of researchers, lea… mehr bei mashable.com

grrow - 15.12.11 22:33 According to a study conducted by photo storage website MyMemory, over three-quarters of photos were taken either with alcohol or after the consumption of alcohol. It was also reported that 93 percent of Facebook users in Britain had de-tagged or deleted photos deemed to show them embarrassingly drunk. mehr bei freeturbine.com

worldspy - 08.12.11 22:06 Large Hadron Collider If you're a loyal Popular Science reader, you have no doubt heard about the LHC. Conceived as the most powerful accelerator in history, the LHC is housed in a 17-mile-long, 12-foot-wide tunnel beneath Switzerland and France.

It needs 96 tons of liquid helium to keep its magnets cool, and, if they ever get it to work right,... mehr bei popsci.com

worldspy - 08.12.11 20:42 The human brain is wonderfully complex. Within it, there are billions of neurons, each collecting information and determining whether to respond to it. In some cases, groups of neurons compete for an outcome; when a group reaches a certain level of activity, its output ends up being chosen. mehr bei arstechnica.com

worldspy - 01.12.11 02:27 Researchers at North Carolina State University have uncovered a variety of vulnerabilities in the standard configurations of popular Android smartphones from Motorola, HTC, and Samsung, finding that they don't properly protect privileged permissions from untrusted applications. mehr bei arstechnica.com

worldspy - 29.11.11 02:03 A team of researchers funded by the Finnish government has developed a technology that could cut the power consumption of 3G smartphones by up to 74 percent—and extend the reach of the wireless Internet to millions of people in developing countries in the process. mehr bei arstechnica.com

worldspy - 02.11.11 15:19 Captchas, those sometimes-illegible code words designed to foil spammers, can be easily decoded by bots, a Stanford University research team has… mehr bei mashable.com