Technology

Geolocating Where Videos Were Taken, Using Sound And Image Recognition

It's always helpful to have text or verbal claims about where a video was taken, but when it comes to terrorists or other criminals, they might not be telling the truth.  Researchers from Ramón Llull University in Spain have created a system capable o ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2015 - 10:56am

Bio-P3: 3D Tissue Engineering With Multicellular Building Blocks

Scientifically engineered tissues intended to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased human tissues require three-dimensional tissue constructs that are densely packed with living cells. The Bio-P3, an innovative instrument able to pick up, transport, and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2015 - 7:39pm

HTTP/2- HTTP Update Promises Speedier, Easier Web

Now with added "2". Shutterstock Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP, is a key component of the world wide web. It is the communications layer through which web browsers request web pages from web servers and with which web servers respond with th ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 19 2015 - 4:03pm

Citations: Yes, Assessing Taxpayer-funded Research Is Important

Governments and taxpayers deserve to know that their money is being spent on something worthwhile to society. Individuals and groups who are making the greatest contribution to science and to the community deserve to be recognized. For these reasons, all ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 20 2015 - 8:30am

23andMe Loses The Attitude And Gets Off The FDA Naughty List

In 2013, the US FDA got tired of being stonewalled when it came to seeing proof of Google-backed 23andMe marketing claims regarding BRCA-related genetic risk and drug response, along with marketing blurbs that they can make it possible to “take steps towar ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 20 2015 - 3:00pm

A Scientific Prediction

Six months form here, there won't be a single whatsapp user in the world. Why? Because Telegram exists. References:  http://www.whatsapp.com/, https://telegram.org/ PS: Of course I might be wrong. Whatsapp could be dead in five months:) PS2: I had an ...

Blog Post - Paolo Ciafaloni - Feb 22 2015 - 7:45pm

Radio Chip For The Internet Of Things: New Transmitter Reduces Off-State Leakage 100X

The Internet of Things is Web 2.0 of 2004 or Big Data of 2013- a great buzzword that marketing groups are trying to exploit by rebranding what already exists. But the promise, the idea that everything in the human environment, from kitchen appliances to in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2015 - 9:00am

Social Networks May Save College Radio

The demise of radio has been predicted for 70 years, but it is still going strong- it is just more consolidated than it was in the past. Even college radio which, thanks to taxpayers, isn't under the same financial pressure as the corporate kind, has ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2015 - 12:03pm

7 Ways To Make Your Science Video Popular On YouTube

Hundreds of hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and hundreds of millions of hours are viewed daily, including many that cover areas of science. Despite this, if you want to use YouTube for science communication, reaching an audience is no ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 27 2015 - 8:30am

Science 2.0: Node Prominence Profile And Degree Centrality In Networks

Centrality and nodes are an important concept in the theory of social networks. Centrality of an individual- a "node" in network theory- measures its relative importance within a network, and a recent paper in Scientific Reports studies the probl ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2015 - 1:36pm