The incidence of glioma - the most common form of brain tumour - is not increasing in the Nordic countries, contradicting the claim that mobile phone use is a cause of the disease.

Study at CMU, MIT, Georgia Tech Finds Nine Ways To Improve Tweets : Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice [a] cs.cmu (p) edu - PITTSBURGH—Twitter users choose the microblogs they follow, but that doesn't mean they always like what they get.

University Park, Pa. - People who read news on the Web tend to trust the gate even if there is no gatekeeper, according to Penn State researchers.

A collaborative project between physicists, oncologists and computer scientists at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, launched last month, will develop improved tools for the planning of high precision radiotherapy.

The University of Manchester is heading up a large interdisciplinary network focusing on numerical algorithms and high performance computing.

A challenge for students and teachers - and today, for designers of educational software: How often should material be reviewed for best learning? Wait too long to review and it fades away; review too soon and the effort is wasted.

Projects will advance both basic science and applications, and accelerate development of exascale computing systems - Seven Harvard-affiliated researchers will receive grants to support collaborative projects in high-performance computing.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Anyone who has flown on a commercial airline since 2001 is well aware of increasingly strict measures at airport security checkpoints.

Remote Laser Welding (RLW) is rapidly emerging as a powerful replacement for spot welding technology in vehicle manufacturing.

For those studying engineering, a degree project usually forms the final component of the degree, often carried out in collaboration with industry.However, at the Ideon company Modelon, there are an unusually high number of students doing degree projects – and they often mean a lot to the company, which originated from the Department of Automatic Control.

Robot competition in zero-gravity - - School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space.

Quantum supercomputers could safely store and manipulate sensitive data, with help from University research.