Scientists use pixels to ease amputees' pain
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Academics from the School of Computer Science and School of Psychological Sciences have developed a virtual reality system, which gives the illusion that a person's amputated limb is still there.
Lenovo Puts a New Spin on the ThinkPad Tablet PC
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad X60 Tablet, a new convertible tablet PC marking a technology trifecta for innovation, portability and performance — with two new screen choices and other innovative Lenovo ...
Scientists study early childhood diarrhea
Nov 14, 2006 |
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U.S. and Brazilian scientists say a gene linked with Alzheimer's disease may protect children from development problems of early childhood diarrhea.
Proteins may behave differently in natural environments
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Nov 14, 2006 |
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When in an environment similar to that in which they exist naturally, proteins and multiprotein assemblies may demonstrate actions or dynamics different than those they exhibit when in the static form in which they are most ...
Sticky proteins provide new insight into drug action
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How drugs such as adrenalin do primarily one thing – in this case, increase the heart rate – now makes more sense to scientists. "Any time you get a sudden jolt, adrenaline (a.k.a. epinephrine) is why your ...
NASA keeps ISS crew busy
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Nov 14, 2006 |
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NASA said the International Space Station crew was busy Tuesday with spacewalk preps, including spacesuit sizing and servicing.
Study: Summer sports camp shapes up positive attitudes, self-esteem
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Participation in a national summer day-camp program has a significant effect on the attitudes of children regarding education, self-perception and sportsmanship, according to a new study.
Lab-on-a-chip could speed up treatment of drug-resistant pneumonia
Nov 14, 2006 |
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The emergency treatment of drug-resistant infections with targeted antibiotics is often delayed by the need to identify bacterial strains by growing them in culture first. At this week's AVS 53rd International Symposium & ...
Taking 'Chips' to the Next Level of Gene Hunting
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins’ High Throughput Biology Center have invented two new gene “chip” technologies that can be used to help identify otherwise elusive disease-causing mutations in the 97 percent of the genome ...
