Desert Biome
This is a student-made project about the desert. Images and information are set to upbeat music. Several interesting facts about plants and animals from the desert are listed throughout the video. No narration. (02:32)
Interpréter dans les sciences et les arts : points communs et différences / Catherine Allamel-Raff
Interpréter dans les sciences et les arts : points communs et différences / Catherine Allamel-Raffin. In "Images & mirages @ nanosciences", colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, le Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (CEMES) rattaché à l'Institut de Physique du CNRS et le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de Nano-Obj
Venture capital firms focus on Berlin
Oct. 28 - The German capital has gained a reputation as Europe's newest start-up hub, and now venture capital firm Earlybird is setting up an office in Berlin to be closer to the firms it wants to invest in. Joanna Partridge reports
Total gets lift from higher oil prices
Oct. 28 - French oil major Total posted higher quarterly earnings on Friday as stronger crude prices and improved profitability in its refining business helped make up for a fall in its worldwide oil and gas production. Hayley Platt reports
Asia Week Ahead: Major PMI figures coming up next week
Oct. 28 - Major economies from Japan to India will release PMI figures next week; Australia's RBA is expected to slash rates by 25 basis points after softer-than-expected inflation last quarter. Kei Okamura reports.
Spain's jobless rate at 15-year high
Oct. 28 - Spain's unemployment rate rose to the highest level since the end of 1996 in the third quarter with little hope of job creation. Investors are watching Madrid closely as it remains at the forefront of their concerns about Europe's debt commitments. Joanna Partridge reports
Scuffles at Greek "No" protest
Oct. 28 - Scuffles between anti-austerity demonstrators and police break out in Athens as national Oxi Day parades are disrupted by protesters. Conway G. Gittens reports.
End of the attack in Kandahar..
Oct. 28 - Afghan security forces kill four Taliban insurgents who attacked a U.S military base in Kandahar. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable cruise missile.
Oct. 28 - Pakistan test fires locally developed cruise missile with a range of 700 kilometers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Italian debt hits new high
Oct. 28 - Italy's 10 year borrowing costs top 6 percent for the first time since the launch of the euro more than a decade ago, suggesting the EU rescue deal didn't go far enough in restoring investor confidence in Italy. Kirsty Basset reports.
The world reaches 7 billion
Oct. 28 - According to U.N. projections, the world's population is on the verge of reaching 7 billion. Here's an exploration of this milestone. Multimedia editing by Jillian Kitchener.
Prayers in Mecca
Oct. 28 - Muslims undertaking the Haj pilgrimage arrive and pray in the holy city of Mecca. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Breakingviews: Occupy Wall Street still lacks lucid message
Oct. 28 - Unlike Coxey's Army in 1890s, these protesters don't have a list of demands and aren't presenting a unified front, says Reuters Breakingviews Edward Hadas.
Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety: Safety Smart Goes Green
When Timon and Pumbaa discover their favorite vacation spot has been polluted, they learn how to make sure the land, water and air around them is clean and safe.
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Definitions, Proofs and Examples 1
Discussion of questions relating to: set inclusions and set equalities; sums of subsets of the real line; examples showing the difference between sum and union.
Dr Feinstein's blog may be viewed at: http://explainingmaths.wordpress.com
Dr Joel Feinstein is an Associate Professor in Pure Mathematics at the University of Nottingham.
Design Week - Duncan Underwood: Digital Design for the Future South Korean Ambassador Visits Ole Miss Prototype development: try, try again... Wine Rules: Talking turkey Green Revolution: Biomass
Han Duk-Soo, the ambassador for the Republic of Korea to the United States, gave a talk to Ole Miss students recently at the Ford Center. Video produced by Mary Stanton.
This electronic publication offers middle school teachers select resources that they can use when teaching about the prototype development stage of the design process. Engineers engage in the design process when they are developing new products.
Nov. 16 - Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor at Food & Wine, finds a place for both red and white wine at your Thanksgiving table.
Explore how different types of biomass can be used to produce fuel. One researcher is building reactors to grow algae used to create biofuel. Another studies how leafcutter ant colonies break down biomass in order to solve a different biofuel problem: conversion of cellulose in plants to a fermentable sugar used to make ethanol. Finally, an engineer shows us how his lab uses chemistry and heat to turn sawmill waste into bio-oil and gasoline.
