Tagging System Could Help Computers Compare Research Results

Computers are tireless number crunchers and prodigious data repositories. But when it comes to scientific research, the machines have an Achilles' heel, says Ross D. King, a professor of computer science at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth: They struggle to make sense of even the most clearly written research reports.

Climatologists, for example, might use supercomputer simulations to test a theory on the effects of global warming. But if they wanted to compare their findings

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