Posts Tagged ‘Google’
Google math predicts lung cancer’s path
USC (US) — A mathematical model like the one Google Search uses to rank webpages also offers insight into how lung cancer spreads. Continue…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:48 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - Mar 22, 2013 6:22 - 6 Comments
Books contain fewer words about feelings
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Other than fear, words about emotions have steadily decreased in books throughout the last century, say researchers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2013 12:18 - 1 Comment
On the web, Germans win at looking ahead
U. WARWICK / UCL (UK) — Millions of Google searches from 2012 reveal that Germany looked to the future online more than any other country, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 4, 2012 11:03 - 2 Comments
Fewer lions survive in ‘pockets’ of savannah
DUKE/UC DAVIS (US) — About 75 percent of Africa’s savannahs and more than two-thirds of the lion population once estimated to live there have disappeared in the last 50 years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 28, 2012 15:10 - 3 Comments
Web tool balances online political news
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A new tool gauges if you’re getting a balanced view of the political news—and if not, it suggests sites that offer opinions from the other side of the political spectrum. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 9, 2012 16:50 - 0 Comments
Software captures core of city’s unique style
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — New software can automatically detect the sometimes-subtle features—like street signs and balcony railings—that give Paris and other cities their distinctive looks. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 30, 2012 14:01 - 0 Comments
Google Earth Engine adds time-lapse video
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A new capability within Google Earth Engine makes it possible to witness deforestation unfold in the Amazon, see the Aral Sea’s water levels rise and fall, and watch Las Vegas expand. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2012 10:42 - 1 Comment
Quantum power may speed up web searches
USC (US) — With the Web constantly expanding, researchers have proposed—and demonstrated the feasibility of—using quantum computers to speed up the process. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 11, 2012 8:49 - 0 Comments
To tally Google ad boost, think long term
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — The effectiveness of Google search advertising is only accounted for by considering goods and services purchased off-line, as well. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 24, 2012 17:47 - 0 Comments
Battery drain may influence app design
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of small and large devices, say researchers. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 13, 2012 16:49 - 1 Comment
Google alerts hospitals before flu hits
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Google’s Flu Trends tool can warn a hospital emergency room much faster than traditional reports that a flood of flu patients is coming, research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2011 16:53 - 0 Comments
Out-of-this-world race for lunar prize
PENN STATE (US) — An international competition is pitting researchers from around the world in a race to build and land a vehicle on the moon. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 15, 2010 16:36 - 5 Comments
Airport technology tracks flying birds
U. ILLINOIS—Wildlife managers now have access to real-time displays of bird activity on and around Seattle-Tacoma International airport thanks to a recently deployed bird tracking system. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 9, 2009 11:43 - 7 Comments
Googling God
PENN STATE (US)—Online searches of a spiritual nature are not on the decline in the United States despite that fact that most search engines perform poorly in response to religious queries, researchers find. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 23, 2009 13:15 - 0 Comments
West Bank map could inform peace talks
USC (US)—A team of American, Israeli, and Palestinian experts has developed the first map detailing 40 years of Israeli archeological activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem—much of it never publicly disclosed. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 3, 2009 0:01 - 0 Comments
Cell phones as tools for global development
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Computer scientists have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 22, 2009 13:50 - 1 Comment
Researchers map ‘viral’ bank run in India
DUKE (US)—An analysis of social networks and minute-by-minute customer transactions during a run on an bank in India has found that bank runs can spread through a community like a contagion. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 16, 2009 15:49 - 0 Comments
Who’s controlling your corner of the Internet?
PRINCETON (US)—It’s a question most of us have asked, with growing annoyance, while we wait for a Web page to load: Why is my Internet connection so slow today?
