| Software for new cancer screening method developed Mar 14th 2013, 21:57 Women may one day have a more accurate, less expensive means of detecting breast cancer, thanks in part to new software. Microwave tomography imaging, or MTI, has the potential to produce an image capable of finding cancer, even in women with dense breast tissue. |  | Playing action videogames improves visual search Mar 14th 2013, 18:13 Researchers have shown that playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time, improves the ability to search for a target hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex scenes. | | Open software platform to bring down energy costs Mar 13th 2013, 13:54 Energy is getting more and more expensive, and experts are predicting record electricity and heating prices. A software platform promises to lighten the load for households and businesses by making it easier for consumers to put renewables to good effect. | | 'Bad neighborhoods' on the internet are a real nuisance Mar 8th 2013, 14:38 Of the 42,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) surveyed, just 20 were found to be responsible for nearly half of all the internet addresses that send spam. That just is one of the striking results of an extensive study that focused on "Bad Neighborhoods" on the internet (which sometimes correspond to certain geographical areas) that are the source of a great deal of spam, phishing or other undesirable activity. | |
