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Expanding database enables discoveries in emerging field of metabolomics
September 11, 2012 9:17 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsOver the last decade, metabolomics has emerged as the newest of the "omic" sciences (following genomics and proteomics) to provide comprehensive biochemical information about cellular metabolism. This new field has revealed that many of the chemicals involved in or produced through metabolism are currently unknown...
High-altitude winds have large potential as a source of clean energy
September 11, 2012 9:15 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsAirborne wind energy—an emerging approach to harnessing high-altitude winds—could scale up fairly quickly if given significant government support for research and development, according to a survey of experts by Near Zero, a nonprofit energy research organization.
ORNL roof and attic design proves efficient in summer and winter
September 11, 2012 9:13 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsA new kind of roof-and-attic system field-tested at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory keeps homes cool in summer and prevents heat loss in winter, a multi-seasonal efficiency uncommon in roof and attic design. The system improves efficiency using controls for radiation, convection and insulation, including a passive ventilation system...
Penn researchers make first all-optical nanowire switch
September 11, 2012 9:11 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsComputers may be getting faster every year, but those advances in computer speed could be dwarfed if their 1's and 0's were represented by bursts of light, instead of electricity. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have made an important advance in this frontier of photonics, fashioning the first all-optical photonic switch out of cadmium sulfide nanowires.
Substantial road traffic noise in urban areas contributes to sleep disturbance and annoyance
September 11, 2012 9:08 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsThe World Health Organization recently recognized environmental noise as harmful pollution, with adverse psychosocial and physiological effects on public health. A new study of noise pollution in Fulton County, Georgia, suggests that many residents are exposed to high noise levels that put them at risk of annoyance or sleep disturbance, which can have serious health consequences.
Wind could meet many times world's total power demand by 2030, researchers say
September 11, 2012 9:05 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsIn 2030, if all energy is converted to clean energy, humans will consume about eleven-and-a-half terawatts of power every year, all sources combined. If there is to be a clean-energy economy based on renewable energy, wind power will no doubt have to help meet much of that demand.
Cheap and cheerful: scientists find color that never fades
September 11, 2012 9:03 am | by Chris Wickham, Reuters | News | Comments(Reuters) - Scientists have found nature's way of creating color that never fades, a technique they say could replace pigments used in industry with natural plant extracts in products from food coloring to security features in banknotes.
GoDaddy Web outage takes out small-business sites; cause unclear
September 11, 2012 9:01 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer, The Associated Press | News | CommentsThousands and possibly millions of websites hosted by GoDaddy.com went down for several hours on Monday, causing trouble for the mainly small businesses that rely on the service. A Twitter feed that claimed to be affiliated
Silicon Valley still strong, optimistic, as Wall Street sours on stocks of Facebook, Zynga
September 11, 2012 9:00 am | by BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writers | News | CommentsSilicon Valley, it turns out, doesn't revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga. By most indications, tech companies in this hub of innovation are humming along, even as two of its rising stars endure steep declines in their stock prices that have wiped out more than $60 billion in wealth in the past six months.
Smart Building demo at Intel Developer Forum shows…
September 11, 2012 8:00 am | by Digi International | News | CommentsSmart Building demo at Intel Developer Forum shows M2M solutions in action...
YouTube offers new iPhone app to fill looming void
September 11, 2012 3:51 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsYouTube is being reprogrammed for the iPhone and iPad amid the latest fallout from the growing hostility between Google and Apple. The changes are being made because Google Inc. and Apple Inc. didn't renew a five-year licensing agreement that established YouTube's video service as one of the...
SEMI Reports Second Quarter 2012 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Figures; Billings US$ 10.3 Billion
September 10, 2012 7:40 pm | by SEMI | News | CommentsSEMI Reports Second Quarter 2012 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Figures; Billings US$ 10.3 Billion...
Zynga chief marketing, revenue officer resigns
September 10, 2012 7:11 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsJeff Karp, the chief marketing and chief revenue officer at Zynga, has become the latest executive to leave the struggling online company behind "FarmVille" and other games. In August, Chief Operating Officer John Schappert left the company after less than a year and a half on the job....
Silicon Valley isn't sharing Facebook's misery
September 10, 2012 6:13 pm | by BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writers - Associated Press | News | CommentsMENLO PARK, California (AP) — Silicon Valley, it turns out, doesn't revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga. By most indications, tech companies in this hub of innovation are humming along, even as two of its rising stars endure steep declines in their stock...
Twitter politics: How social media impacts presidential elections
September 10, 2012 5:28 pm | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Articles | CommentsThe news that President Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was the "biggest political moment ever" on Twitter isn’t exactly surprising, but it’s worth taking a look at how social media influences political contests.
