Gender and age can be determined from face silhouettes
Mar 21, 2007 |
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A new study published in Journal of Vision demonstrates that face silhouettes are visually processed much like regular face stimuli and provide enough information to determine traits about the subject including age and ge ...
Researchers simplify synthetic production of potential pharmaceuticals
Mar 21, 2007 |
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A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed new techniques that dramatically reduce the time, complexity, and cost of synthesizing natural products with pharmaceutical potential. The work dislodges ...
Volcanic plumbing dictates development of deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2007 |
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After years of results that repeatedly dogged him, University of Oregon geologist Douglas R. Toomey decided to follow the trail of data surfacing from the Pacific Ocean. In doing so, he and his collaborators ...
Study: Fallen leaves found less polluting
Mar 21, 2007 |
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U.S. government scientists say freshly fallen leaves contribute less to the levels of carbon in mineral soil than was previously believed.
Motorola, T-Mobile Launch the MOTORIZR Z3
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 21, 2007 |
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The stylish and uniquely crafted MOTORIZR Z3, the first GSM slider in the U.S., from Motorola, is available beginning today exclusively from T-Mobile USA. With premium communications and multimedia features, ...
WIYN telescope to get innovative billion-pixel, $6.6 million camera
Mar 21, 2007 |
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The number of larger-aperture telescopes is growing, but size isn't all that matters in a research telescope. Also important is how much of the sky the telescope can clearly image. A telescope used by Indiana ...
Triplex assay used to assay duplex genomic DNA
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Direct detection of base sequence in duplex nucleic acid has long been an unfulfilled objective. Ingeneus Research will publish "Heteropolymeric Triplex-Based Genomic Assay® to Detect Pathogens or Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms ...
Twenty of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction
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Mar 21, 2007 |
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The first comprehensive assessment of the world’s 162 species of grouper, a culinary favorite and important commercial fish, found that 20 are threatened with extinction unless proper management or conservation measures are ...
Europe and Russia confirm closer space cooperation
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Europe and Russia are strengthening their cooperation in space. The Head of the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, and European Commission ...
System monitors health of new composite military missiles
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Engineers at Purdue University have designed and tested a "structural health monitoring" system to detect flaws that could hinder the performance of new types of military missiles made of composite materials ...
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