Now Playing new'Prom Week' Breaks New Ground in Computer Game DesignNominated for a technical excellence award at the Indie Games Festival, 'Prom Week' is a game about social relationships driven by an innovative artificial intelligence system. – University of California, Santa Cruz|2/13/2012 12:00 PM EST
Georgia Tech Develops Computational Algorithm to Assist in Cancer TreatmentsGeorgia Tech has created a new data analysis algorithm that quickly transforms complex RNA sequence data into usable content for biologists and clinicians. Scientists will be able to more readily use this data to compare the RNA profiles or “transcriptomes” of normal cells with those of individual cancers and thereby be in a better position to develop optimized personal therapies. – Georgia Institute of Technology|2/13/2012 12:00 PM EST
Georgia Tech Develops Software for the Rapid Analysis of Foodborne Pathogens2011 brought two of the deadliest bacterial outbreaks the world has seen during the last 25 years. The two epidemics accounted for more than 4,200 cases of infectious disease and 80 deaths. Software developed at Georgia Tech was used to help characterize the bacteria that caused each outbreak. – Georgia Institute of Technology|2/13/2012 12:00 PM EST
Leading the Quest to Crack Cosmological Mysteries
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics launches national collaboration on deepest questions of dark energy, dark matter and cosmic inflation. – University of Chicago|2/13/2012 11:00 AM EST
Practice Makes Perfect, But Not When it Comes to Decisions About RiskPeople aren’t always good at making informed decisions that involve risk, but a new study shows that even when we know the likelihood of certain outcomes based on statistical evidence or our own experiences, we still make decisions at odds with the probability of their occurrence. The study was conducted by researchers at New York University and Université Paris Descartes. – New York University|2/13/2012 11:00 AM EST
Internet Addiction Could Be Warning Sign of Substance Use in Teens, Reports Journal of Addiction MedicineAdolescents who are "internet addicts" may also be at increased risk of substance abuse, suggests a study in the March issue of Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|2/13/2012 11:00 AM EST
Phone Counseling Program Helps Workers with DepressionA work-focused, telephone counseling program for depressed employees not only improves depression but also leads to increased productivity and decreased costs, reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine|2/13/2012 10:40 AM EST
China's Pollution Related to E-Cars May Be More Harmful than Gasoline CarsElectric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but findings from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers show that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles. – University of Tennessee|2/13/2012 10:40 AM EST
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