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  Microrobots: Miniature auto differential helps tiny aerial robots stay aloft

  Technology / Engineering
  3 hours ago | 1 / 5 (1) | 5 | Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, forest fires, ...
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  Ancient Australian reef raises hopes for coral as seas warm

  Space & Earth / Environment
  3 hours ago | 5 / 5 (3) | 2 Australian scientists Thursday said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise.
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  Samsung unveils iPad competitor Galaxy Tab

  Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
  3 hours ago | not rated yet | 1 Samsung unveiled on Thursday what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be a major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet PC.
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  Adaptive headlamp system introduced

  Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
  6 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 | (PhysOrg.com) -- The independent industrial group Valeo, which is headquartered in France, has introduced a "BeamAtic" adaptive headlight system that enables drivers to keep their lights on high beam without ...
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  Start-up company aims to harness the full potential of producing electricity from waste heat

  Technology / Energy
  6 hours ago | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 10 | (PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Scullin co-founded Alphabet Energy just one year ago, but already the CEO has ambitions of turning the San Francisco-based start-up company into the "Intel of waste heat." By harnessing ...

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  Amazon at lowest level in over 40 years in Peru: experts

  Space & Earth / Environment
  42 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0 The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said.

• Canadian to command space station in 2013

  Space & Earth / Space Exploration
  31 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0 Astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday.

• Businesses see advantage in green buildings

  Space & Earth / Environment
  1minute ago | not rated yet | 0 The Subway sandwich shop on Chicago's State Street may look like any other new restaurant, but its tile, crown molding and most wall coverings are made from recycled materials. In the bathroom, sensors control water flow, ...

• Idaho farmers growing vegetables with geothermal energy

  Space & Earth / Environment
  31 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0 Most people know about the geothermal system in Boise's Downtown and Warm Springs area. It's one of the oldest in the country.

• Biomedical research policy needed for therapies, economic growth, education and security

  Medicine & Health / Other
  51 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0 Bold and coordinated leadership at the federal level is essential to create secure, long-term, sustainable biomedical research funding policies based on strategic priorities, say the authors of a commentary about America's ...
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  Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown

  Technology / Business
  1hour ago | not rated yet | 0 (AP) -- India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier ...

• Study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen

  Medicine & Health / Cancer
  1hour ago | not rated yet | 0 The September cover story of the nation's leading cancer journal, Cancer Research, features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a component of chili peppers, to skin cancer ...
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  Interview: UN says BlackBerry should share data

  Technology / Telecom
  1hour ago | not rated yet | 0 (AP) -- BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. technology chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security ...

• Study points to increased risk for lupus in men

  Medicine & Health / Research
  1hour ago | not rated yet | 0 Lupus Research Institute-funded researcher Betty Tsao, PhD, at the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that humans -- males in particular -- with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like Receptor ...
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  Researchers discover proton diode

  Chemistry / Materials Science
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 Biophysicists in Bochum have discovered a diode for protons: just like the electronic component determines the direction of flow of electric current, the "proton diode" ensures that protons can only pass through ...
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  Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to HP

  Technology / Business
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 (AP) -- Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc.

• Safety cultures in EMS agencies vary widely, study finds

  Medicine & Health / Other
  1hour ago | not rated yet | 0 A survey of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies from across the country found wide variation in perceptions of workplace safety culture—providing a tool that might point to potential patient safety threats, according ...

• Listening to ancient colors

  Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art work that is decades or even centuries old. Pigments ...

• Medicinal cannabis review highlights dilemmas facing health care professionals

  Medicine & Health / Other
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 Nurses have a responsibility to respect and support patients who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, but must stay within the law and follow professional guidance at all times, according to a research review in the September ...

• Connection between light at night (LAN) and cancer revealed in additional study

  Medicine & Health / Cancer
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at the University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer. This research joins a series of earlier studies ...
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  Human unconscious is transferred to virtual characters

  Technology / Computer Sciences
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 Virtual characters can behave according to actions carried out unconsciously by humans. Researchers at the University of Barcelona have created a system which measures human physiological parameters, such ...
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  Detecting flu and other disease outbreaks sooner

  Medicine & Health / Diseases
  1hour ago | not rated yet | 0 New methods for detecting disease outbreaks earlier have been developed in a collaborative effort between CSIRO and NSW Health.

• AOL signs new search agreement with Google

  Technology / Business
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 (AP) -- Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.
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  Nokia said it will discontinue remote file-sharing service

  Technology / Business
  3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced Thursday it would discontinue its popular mobile file-sharing service called Ovi Files as of October 1.

• Head start for migraine sufferers

  Medicine & Health / Research
  3 hours ago | 1 / 5 (1) | 0 For severe migraine sufferers, psychological treatments build on the benefits of drug therapy, according to a new study by Elizabeth Seng and Dr. Kenneth Holroyd from Ohio University in the US. Their comparison of the effects ...

• New study investigates use of soy-rich diet for preventing chronic pain after breast cancer surgery

  Medicine & Health / Cancer
  2 hours ago | 1 / 5 (1) | 0 (PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough study focusing on the benefits of soy in the prevention of chronic pain after breast cancer surgery has been launched by researchers at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University ...

• Hip dysplasia susceptibility in dogs may be underreported, according to comparative study

  Biology / Plants & Animals
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method ...

• Video chat expands possibilities for face-to-face services

  Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
  4 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 You once had to leave home to see a psychiatrist for therapy, a music teacher for guitar lessons or a makeup artist for face-to-face consultations. Now they can come to you, virtually, through video chat.

• UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid

  Space & Earth / Environment
  2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 (AP) -- The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.

• Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post

  Technology / Internet
  3 hours ago | not rated yet | 2 (AP) -- A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for declaring the defendant guilty on Facebook before the trial was over has been ordered to pay $250 and write an essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial.
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  Cluster turns the invisible into the visible

  Space & Earth / Space Exploration
  5 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cluster has spent a decade revealing previously hidden interactions between the Sun and Earth. Its studies have uncovered secrets of aurora, solar storms, and given us insight into fundamental ...
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  Walkman outsells iPod in Japan for first time

  Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
  3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 In a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey showed Thursday.

• Risk of marijuana's 'gateway effect' overblown, research shows

  Medicine & Health / Health
  8 hours ago | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 3 New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown.

• Cultural research may be misleading

  Other Sciences / Social Sciences
  6 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 Making assumptions about culture based on existing research that scores countries according to various dimensions may be a flawed process, according to two academics from The University of Queensland Business School.
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  Initial Hepatitis C drug trial complete

  Medicine & Health / Medications
  6 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 The first clinical trials on a new investigational drug being developed to treat infections caused by Hepatitis C virus have been successfully completed.