Archive: 10/02/2007
Nanotechnology: not just for geeks
Say “nanotechnology,” and geeks imagine iPhones, laptops and flash drives. But more than 60 percent of the 580 products in a newly updated inventory of nanotechnology consumer products are such “un-geeky” items as tennis ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 02, 2007 |
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U.S. airline data available on the Web
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the International Center for Air Transportation have created a comprehensive Web collection of airline data.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Genes May Hold Keys to How Humans Learn
New research is giving scientists fresh insights into how genetics are a prime factor in how we learn.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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The family that eats together stays healthy together
In this fast-paced world, it can be a challenge for families to find time to share a meal. But a nutritionist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says sitting down to eat as a family is worth juggling your schedule.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Engineer develops technology to quickly find leaks in spacecraft
Tiny meteors flash through space. There's spacecraft debris flying around, too. And so there's a risk that objects just a few millimeters across could pierce the thin aluminum skin of spacecraft such as the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Menace in a bottle: Detecting liquid explosives
After the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines with liquid explosives was uncovered in London in August 2006, there has been pressure on the airline industry, and Homeland Security, to find new ways to ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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FDA approves knee-injury device for humans
A new knee-surgery device investigated by University of Missouri-Columbia researchers that will help to repair meniscus tears, which were previously defined as irreparable, has been approved by the FDA for use in humans.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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New clinical guideline for low-back pain
A summary of evidence on the diagnosis and treatment of low-back pain has prompted the American Pain Society (ASP) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) to issue a new treatment guideline. The guideline is based on ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Argonne researcher studies what makes quantum dots blink
In order to learn more about the origins of quantum dot blinking, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and the California Institute of Technology ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Sex and depression: Study finds your gender can affect your mental health
A University of Western Sydney study which explored men's experiences of depression has revealed that gender has a significant impact on the success of mental health treatment.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Cognitive deficits lead to 'loss of self' among cancer patients
For some cancer patients, side effects impacting cognition don't end with the last dose of chemotherapy.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Sony Unveils Second Edition of Reader Digital Book
The new Reader (model PRS-505) features a svelte body design and is available in two colors – silver and dark blue. Re-styled controls more closely mimic paper page turns and allow for quick, intuitive navigation.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Daisies lead scientists down path to new leukemia drug
A new, easily ingested form of a compound that has already shown it can attack the roots of leukemia in laboratory studies is moving into human clinical trials, according to a new article by University of Rochester investigators ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Researchers fight phishing attacks with phishing tactics
Early findings by Carnegie Mellon University researchers suggest that people who are suckered by a spoof email into visiting a counterfeit Web site are also people who are ready to learn their lesson about “phishing” attacks.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Are women being scared away from math, science, and engineering fields?
Have you ever felt outnumbered? Like there are just not that many people like you around? We’ve all felt outnumbered in one situation or another and walking into a situation in which you sense the possibility of being ostracized ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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