http://echarp.dyndns.org Commentary primarily about library websites - searching, design, usability and new technologies. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:49:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google's patented and powerful search algorithm, PageRank, may mimic the way the human brain retrieves information. Our memory for words can be modelled as a network in which each point represents a different word, with each linked to words that relate to it. Psychologist Tom Griffiths and colleagues at the University ... http://echarp.dyndns.org/?p=5 A desktop synchrotron particle accelerator could soon be able to freeze-frame the frenetic motion of atoms and molecules. Using a laser, some gas, and a row of magnets, an international team of physicists has put together a source of "synchrotron light", which they say can be easily upgraded to produce intense, ... http://echarp.dyndns.org/?p=4 A program that teaches itself to recognise the DNA patterns in silenced genes could help us better understand many diseases. Mammals, including us, have two copies of each gene: one from the mother and one from the father. Normally, both are expressed, but occasionally one is imprinted, or silenced, which gives ... http://echarp.dyndns.org/?p=3 Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://echarp.dyndns.org/?p=1