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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

ScienceDaily: Information Technology News

ScienceDaily: Information Technology News


Less-numerate investors swayed by corporate report presentation effects

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 10:01 AM PDT

Less-numerate investors are more susceptible to style and presentation effects in corporate social responsibility reports, according to new research.

Beyond LOL cats, social networks could become trove of biodiversity data

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 08:14 AM PDT

Social networks can be a viable source for photo-vouchered biodiversity records, especially those that clarify which species exist in what places within developing nations, one expert suggests.

Researchers take big-data approach to estimate range of electric vehicles

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:15 AM PDT

Researchers have developed new software that estimates how much farther electric vehicles can drive before needing to recharge. The new technique requires drivers to plug in their destination and automatically pulls in data on a host of variables to predict energy use for the vehicle.

Recognizing emotion in text :-S the business benefits :-)

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Researchers have advanced the field of affective computing -- the creation of computer systems that recognize, express and process human emotions -- by proposing a new way to recognize emotion in text. Their development has significant potential for business applications.

World record in data transmission with smart circuits

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Fewer cords, smaller antennas and quicker video transmission. This may be the result of a new type of microwave circuit. The research team behind the circuits currently holds an attention-grabbing record.

Supercomputers link proteins to drug side effects

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:29 PM PDT

New medications created by pharmaceutical companies have helped millions of Americans alleviate pain and suffering from their medical conditions. However, the drug creation process often misses many side effects that kill at least 100,000 patients a year. Now researchers have discovered a high-tech method of using supercomputers to identify proteins that cause medications to have certain adverse drug reactions (ADR) or side effects.

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