DUBAI, UAE, April 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ageing North African oil, gas and petrochemical infrastructures means that major decisions and investments are required in order to repair, rehabilitate and…

DUBLIN, April 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Software company Columba Global Systems has received a globally recognised accolade after developing a revolutionary enterprise search engine which influential…

Recently, I observed that the mirrors in most barbershops (in India) are placed at a large distance away from the customers (at least three feet). Barbers usually ask myopic…

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data Science writers and media reporters owe a duty of care to their readers: a duty to present facts undistorted by personal opinion or agenda.That duty of…

I recently took a look around my department to see what academic scientists are reading. I ignored the stacks of research papers, because I know that no-one ever gets around to reading them. It seems…

NEW YORK, April 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Filter: CSI's virtual video conference debuted on Thursday, April 8, 2010, and was greeted with enthusiasm from the global marketplace. Using cutting-edge…

Hip, hip, hooray. The Hubble has reached its twentieth anniversary* and is  still alive and kicking. Congratulations go to NASA and ESA. And to the Hubble itself. Long live the Hubble!Chances…

I get asked a lot about Science 2.0® and why I chose to start something like ScientificBlogging.com, because science is such a niche.   Is it?  65 million people respond to surveys that…

GUELPH, Canada, April 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Secretariat today announced major new funding for the world's largest biodiversity genomics project. Paul…

After a decade of development, the Air Force has launched the the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on an Atlas V expendable launch vehicle, and the Internet is…