Wednesday, January 25, 2006

networks Web game provides breakthrough in predicting spread of epidemics. Using a popular internet game that traces the travels of dollar bills, scientists have unveiled statistical laws of human travel in the United States, and developed a mathematical description that can be used to model the spread of infectious disease in this country. This model is considered a breakthrough in the field. [Science Blog -] 3:29:41 PM    comment

speech recognition IBM Strives For 'Superhuman' Speech Tech. [Slashdot] is this the Douglas Adam's fish? --BL 10:24:48 AM    comment

open content Studies examine withholding of scientific data among researchers, trainees. Open sharing of information is a basic principle of the scientific process, but it is well known that secrecy has become a fact of life in academic science. Several studies have described how researchers may withhold the results of their studies from other scientists or deny them access to data or materials. In two new reports, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Health Policy examine a broader range of withholding behaviors among life scientists than previously reported and describe how data withholding is affecting researchers in several fields during their training years. [Science Blog -] 10:03:50 AM    comment