Posts Tagged ‘Web sites’
Online hunters detect possible exoplanets
YALE (US) — Amateur astronomers working with the online citizen science project Planet Hunters have discovered two potential exoplanets, according to new research. Continue…
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Society & Culture - Mar 3, 2011 18:00 - 0 Comments
Website brings Middle East close to home
U. CHICAGO (US) — A new online resource explores the history and the culture of the Middle East, from prehistory to the development of modern states. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 16, 2010 12:24 - 0 Comments
Front row seat in hunt for exoplanets
YALE (US) — A new online science project will allow ordinary citizens to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 14:59 - 1 Comment
Software keeps track of third parties
STANFORD (US) — As the Federal Trade Commission pushes for a “do not track” mechanism to protect online consumer privacy, researchers are developing technology to make it work. </p
Society & Culture - Aug 12, 2010 11:28 - 6 Comments
Tea Party sites far right of National Review?
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US)—A new study of official Tea Party movement websites in almost a dozen states suggests the group’s political concerns lie beyond the American mainstream—and the conservative mainstream as well. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2010 11:13 - 3 Comments
Online games stocked with bad food messages
UC DAVIS (US)—Already bombarded with television messages about bad food choices on television, new research finds that children are also being targeted by advergames— an online marketing tool promoting high-fat, high-sugar foods. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2010 11:17 - 12 Comments
Second opinion: Health blogs viewed skeptically
PENN STATE (US)—Health information written by a doctor is rated as more credible when it appears on a Web site rather than in a blog or an individual’s homepage, according to a study of college students. (more…)
