Technology
- Technology’s Invasion, it’s Role in “1984” and the Haunting Similarities to our World
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“1984” is a novel by George Orwell, set in dystopian Londonunder the rule of the totalitarian government named simply “The Party” and takes place after a cataclysmic nuclear war that decimated the planet. The Party creates a terrifying living environment ...
Blog Post - Ryan Hope - Jun 6 2012 - 12:04pm
- Genetic Technology Provides An Improved Approach To Controlling Cotton Pest Moth
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Oxitec's novel genetic fluorescent marking technology can substantially improve control of the cotton pest moth, pink bollworm, according to findings of a new study. ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2012 - 10:08am
- Kepler 4665989 Becomes A Pop Music Star
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A team of Georgia Tech Sonification Lab (SonLab) students and psychologists have converted numerical data of celestial bodies into music. The band Echo Movement wanted something distinct so they asked Georgia Tech for help. Rhythms, pitches and tempos ne ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2012 - 9:17pm
- Morphing Sets: Transforming Naturality With Chronocity
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In my October 4, 2011 Science 2.0 article “A Search In Time Is A Memorable Path” I defined Chronocity as “the measurement of the distance in Time between where we are (Now) and where we were at some point in the past (or where we will be at some time in ...
Article - Michael Martinez - Jun 13 2012 - 2:53am
- Science 2.0 Tools Focus: New Functionality Added To SciVal Strata Performance Evaluation Tool
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AMSTERDAM, June 13, 2012 -- Elsevier has added a new enhancement to SciVal Strata, a web-based performance evaluation tool that allows users to conduct highly customized performance assessments of research teams and individual researchers. The new functi ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2012 - 12:00pm
- DNA Blood Test Detects Cancer Resistance
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Two studies in Nature applied DNA blood testing using the BEAMing technology to detect drug resistance mediated by KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer patients months before treatment failure was observed. The group led by Alberto Bardelli, Ph.D., of th ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 18 2012 - 11:26am
- Science and Technology and The Future of Humanity
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To understand the current developments in technology, one has to understand the progress of science. The ultimate goal of science has always been to understand nature firstly and then to make it our useful servant. Since the days of the alchemist who tri ...
Blog Post - Omar Chedda - Jun 25 2012 - 11:58am
- The Anti-Social Network? Facebook Is Making Young People Feel Down About Life
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A report from market research agency Conquest into the social media habits of 14-24 year olds claims that Facebook's core audience- teenagers- are starting to fall out of love with the website and that activity may have peaked amid a groundswell of d ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2012 - 10:06pm
- Cira Multiplex Protein Biomarker Platform Achieves ELISA-Level Performance In A Multiplex Format
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Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 21 2012 - 6:08pm
- Radio Technology for Treating Cancer
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Over the past fifty years there has been a growth in radio technology that has completely changed our lives at many levels including our personal lives, the way we educate our kids, how we do science, and basically how we interact with the rest of the Cos ...
Blog Post - Tony Fleming - Jun 29 2012 - 10:55am