| 
Results for soci. Search took 1.71 seconds.
Oregano Oil As Pesticide Against Beetles
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 26, 2008
© no copyright info A new study published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture indicates that oregano oil is as effective as synthetic pesticides in controlling the presence of the common beetle, Rhizoppertha Dominica , in stored cereals.
It appears to work by inhibiti...
Société Générale: don't blame us
in Sox First, on February 23, 2008
...
Société Générale has posted a massive fourth-quarter loss after maverick trader Jérôme Kerviel blew $7.2 billion in unauthorized trades but the bank seems to doing its best not to shoulder...
Société Générale's accidental rogue traders
in Sox First, on February 1, 2008
...
Much has been written about Société Générale's maverick trader Jerome Kerviel who, despite costing the bank $7.2 million, still hasn't been fired, reports The Wall Street Journal . Troubl...
Société Générale - more blowouts ahead
in Sox First, on January 30, 2008
...
The dogs might be barking for Jean- Pierre Mustier, Société Générale's head of corporate and investment banking, reports the Financial Times , and the Houston Chronicle reports that th...
Société Générale mystery and fallout
in Sox First, on January 27, 2008
...ow be looking into how rogue trader Jerome Kerviel ran up billions of dollars in losses at Société Générale but there are broader questions to answer at Société Générale and European banks in...
Rambus首推16通道内存技术 带宽将达到TB级
in 全新志 Tracing Gadget, on 2007-11-30
Rambus 将在美国洛斯拉图斯时间本周三（11月28日）宣布发布全新的TB级带宽草案（Terabyte Bandwidth Initiative），将为以后Many-core架构带来TB/s级别的带宽。这项设计拥有16条DRAM通道，每条通道位宽为4字节，一个时钟周期可以处理16Gbps的数据。理论上基合计内存吞吐量将达到1TB/s，16条通道每一条都可以与一组多核心（Multiple cores）直连。该技术面向下一代的多核心处理器、游戏机以及显卡应用。
该技术并非简单提升存储器频率，而是在一个时钟周期内传输32次数据，就如同DDR技术在一个时钟周期内传输两次数据一样，但是效...
How She Makes $1000 a Month
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 22, 2007
...nth from her blog. You may find some helpful tips here to help you make some money on your blog or social networking site too.
She explains how important it is to understand your readers and what th...
Blue Tortillas for Diabetics and Dieters
in Daily Diabetic, on August 2, 2007
...and dieters - according to a new study reported in Chemistry & Industry (the magazine of the Society of Chemical Industry ).
Mexican scientists found that blue tortillas - made from blue corn...
Belgian ISP in Trouble
in The Social Networking Weblog, on July 20, 2007
A court in Belgian is holding a local ISP responsible for the file sharing that goes on in their service. They've been given six months to install software to prevent their customers from downloading pirated music and videos. Some think this will affect other ISP's in Europe, others don&#...
Pumpkin Extracts: Potential Alternative/Replacement to Insulin?
in Daily Diabetic, on July 9, 2007
So you thought pumpkins are only useful in fairy tales and on halloween? Not anymore, in fact pumpkin could potentially be the "godmother" of insulin replacement or alternative that people with insulin dependent-diabetes may find beneficial as well.
Pumpkin extracts have been ...
Rapeseed-Derived Biodiesel Emits More Potent Greenhouse Gases
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 23, 2007
As a follow-up to a previous entry indicating that biofuels actually pose more health hazards than the conventional gasoline , here comes another report suggesting that biodiesel could potentially result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases in comparison to conventional petroleum-derived d...
Gamma Radiation May Reduce Allergies to Shrimps
in Allergies, on February 28, 2007
Scientists may have found a food processing method that will enable those with seafood allergies to eat prawns without triggering adverse allergy symptoms: by use of gamma radiation .
The team revealed that treating prawns with a combination of heat and irradiation significantly redu...
An SD Card That Fits Anywhere
in The Smart PDA, on January 9, 2007
Lots of smartphones and PDAs come with miniSDs. And these bundled memory cards usually come with an adapter to fit into standard SD slots. Looks like Kingston brought this convenience to the next level, shipping a 1GB microSD with adapters for mini- and standard-sized SD memory card slot...
Tagging Shellfish with RFID (Is that a Pearl or an RFID Tag?)
in The RFID Weblog, on August 30, 2004
... RFID in Japan reports that a fishery association in Japan is tagging shellfish to prevent theft from a protected fishing area:
Awabi, expensive shell fish, is one of the first kinds of fish to be R...