Throughout history, meaningful contributions to science have been
made by members of the public. These citizen scientists have
historically contributed by collecting data that is hard for a single
scientist to collect such as weather information or the paths of
migrating birds. Recently, advances in computer technology have opened
new possibilities for citizen scientists to participate in science
projects by helping with data analysis. We are investigating what
motivates people to do this and what they learn when they do so. To do
so, we are working with Galaxy Zoo and the Zooniverse family
of citizen science projects.
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Study predicts nanoscience will greatly increase efficiency of next-generation solar cells - 0 views
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"As the fastest growing energy technology in the world, solar energy continues to account for more and more of the world's energy supply. Currently, most commercial photovoltaic power comes from bulk semiconductor materials. But in the past few years, scientists have been investigating how semiconductor nanostructures can increase the efficiency of solar cells and the newer field of solar fuels. "
New self-assembling photovoltaic technology repairs itself - 0 views
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 6, 2010) - Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process.
Progress toward terabit-rate high-density recording - 0 views
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Next-generation high-density storage devices may keep more than 70 times the contents of the entire US Library of Congress on a single disc -- but only if that data can be written quickly enough. In the Journal of Applied Physics, researchers in China have demonstrated a way to record onto ferromagnetic films thirty times faster than today's technologies.
Researchers close in on technology for making renewable petroleum - 0 views
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2011) - University of Minnesota researchers are a key step closer to making renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide.
3-D avatars could put you in two places at once | KurzweilAI - 0 views
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Source: New York Times - Apr 11, 2011 In their new book, Infinite Reality, Dr. Jim Blascovich and Dr. Jerry Bailenson insist that 3-D conferences with avatars are nigh because consumer technology has suddenly caught up with the work going on in virtual-reality laboratories in academia. These psychologists point to three developments in the past year: the Microsoft Kinect tracking system for the Xbox, the Nintendo 3DS gaming device, and the triumph on "Jeopardy!" of IBM's Watson computer.
Quantum Levitation - YouTube - 0 views
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Video courtesy of Association of Science - Technology Centers (ASTC), representing the science centre and museum field worldwide. To learn more, visit http://www.astc.org/. Follow us on Twitter: @ScienceCenters. Tel-Aviv University demos quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field (www.quantumlevitation.com).
Educational Research - Adler Planetarium - 0 views
Locating Technoscience - 0 views
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The aim of this reader is to introduce and contextualise a series of articles on the geographies of contemporary science and technology.
'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution - 1 views
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Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system - and it's an extremely simple and affordable technology
BBC News - Laser gun fired from US navy ship - 0 views
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The US Navy has fired a laser gun from one of its ships for the first time. Researchers used the high-energy laser (HEL) to disable a boat by setting fire to its engines off the coast of California.
Life in 360 Degree - 0 views
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We human beings are very much interested in fish items. It belongs to our favorites food items. Many people live with the money they earn through fish related business. There are millimeter sized fishes to large sized fishes like Blue Whales. So fishes plays a major role in our society.
Tom Johnson, 19232012 - News Blog - SkyandTelescope.com - 0 views
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Thomas J. Johnson, the creator of the modern Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and the founder of Celestron, died early this morning (March 13, 2012), according to Celestron president and CEO Joe Lupica. Johnson was 89. He ranked among the most important figures shaping the last half century of amateur astronomy.
Free and legal music downloads - Jamendo - 1 views
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Pretty Cool Open Music... Will vow to use in all my projects from now on.
Forbes.com - Magazine Article - 0 views
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Our new online intimacies create a world in which it makes sense to speak of a new state of the self, itself. "I am on my cell … online … instant messaging … on the Web"--these phrases suggest a new placement of the subject, wired into society t
Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1990 - 0 views
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This site charts the development of electronic musical instruments from 1870 to 1990. For the purposes of this project electronic musical instruments are defined as instruments that synthesise sounds from an electronic source.
Invention regulates nerve cells electronically - 0 views
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ScienceDaily (May 22, 2010) - A major step toward being able to regulate nerve cells externally with the help of electronics has been taken by researchers at Linköping University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The breakthrough is based on an ion transistor of plastic that can transport ions and charged biomolecules and thereby address and regulate cells.
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