Evacuation software finds best way to route millions of vehicles
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Yi-Chang Chiu wants to move people efficiently — lots of people, millions of people — in response to a terrorist attack or natural disaster.
New study examines human impact on chimpanzees' cognitive abilities
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Human interaction and stimulation enhance chimpanzees’ cognitive abilities, according to new research from the Chimpanzee Cognition Center at The Ohio State University. The study is the first to demonstrate that raising chimpanzees ...
Free from the Atmosphere
Jun 13, 2007 |
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An artificial, laser-fed star now shines regularly over the sky of Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, one of the world's most advanced large ground-based telescopes. This system provides assistance ...
To keep fit in space, train like an athlete
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2007 |
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If one part of your car isn't properly maintained, it can affect how the entire vehicle runs – especially if you're taking a long trip. The same can be said for the human body. That’s why, when it comes ...
Human activities increasing carbon sequestration in forests
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Human-caused nitrogen deposition has been indirectly “fertilizing” forests, increasing their growth and sequestering major amounts of carbon, a new study in the journal Nature suggests.
College students who pull 'all-nighters' and get no sleep more likely to have a lower GPA
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A common practice among many college students involves "pulling all-nighters", or a single night of total sleep deprivation, a practice associated with lower grade-point averages compared to those who make time for sleep, ...
Deadly frog fungus found in Japan
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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A deadly parasitic fungus that has been killing frogs around the world has has been found in wild frogs in Japan for the first time.
Can a Mediterranean diet help prevent colon cancer?
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Are all healthy eating plans the same when it comes to cancer prevention?
Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography provides high contrast, 3-D look at breast cancer
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first three-dimensional optical images of human breast cancer in patients based on tissue fluorescence.
Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A Virginia Tech plant pathologist has developed autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to detect airborne pathogens above agricultural fields.
The 5 dimensions of online gifts
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Different social media, such as wikis, MySpace, Flickr and various forums have different ways for people to give and receive gifts, according to Swedish scientists. To fully understand online gifting and the successes and ...
Sleep restriction reduces heart rate variability
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Chronic sleep restriction has a negative effect on a person's cardiac activity, which may elevate the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, according to a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday at SLEEP ...
IMEC advancing state-of-the-art in FinFETs
Jun 13, 2007 |
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At this week’s VLSI Symposium, IMEC presents significant progress in the manufacturability, circuit performance and reliability of FinFETs. The results advance FinFET process technology towards being a candidate ...
UIC investigates eye infections tied to contact lens use
Jun 13, 2007 |
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The use of a particular contact lens solution has a strong association with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare severe eye infection, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago in a study published online this ...
WholeSoy yogurt recall is expanded
Jun 13, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an expanded nationwide recall of WholeSoy & Co. yogurt.
