Can a new implant coating technique create a new six million dollar man?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Tel Aviv University researcher Prof. Noam Eliaz of the TAU School of Mechanical Engineering has developed an electrochemical process for coating metal implants which vastly improves their functionality, longevity ...
Peer pressure plays major role in environmental behavior
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People are more likely to enroll in conservation programs if their neighbors do -- a tendency that should be exploited when it comes to protecting the environment, according to results of ...
Sulfate lens enhances climate warming properties of atmospheric soot
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, a new study has found.
Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.
Thinking of you: Studies of blind reveal how we think about other people
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Human beings constantly make inferences about other people's state of mind, usually without even realizing they are doing it. Cognitive scientists call this ability "theory of mind," and until recently, not ...
Reading the brain without poking it
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke into the brain. Now, a ...
Study of flower color shows evolution in action
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have zeroed in on the genes responsible for changing flower color, an area of research that began with Gregor Mendel's studies of the garden pea in the 1850's.
Engineers developing bullet proof vests from cement
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Leeds are working on a new type of body armour made from cement.
Moon Magic: Researchers Develop New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and seemingly changes shape, color, ...
Scientists find key culprits in lupus
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The more than 1.5 million Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus) suffer from a variety of symptoms that flare and subside, often including painful or swollen joints, extreme fatigue, skin rashes, fever, and ...
Natural-born divers and the molecular traces of evolution
Jun 29, 2009 |
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An aquatic lifestyle imposes serious demands for the organism, and this is true even for the tiniest molecules that form our body. When the ancestors of present marine mammals initiated their return to the oceans, their ...
Purple sweet potato means increased amount of anti-cancer components
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University researcher is studying the potential health benefits of a specially bred purple sweet potato because its dominant purple color results in an increased amount of anti-cancer components.
Researchers show new antioxidant could help treat cardiovascular disease
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Glasgow believe they have found a potential new treatment for cardiovascular disease which reduces blood pressure.
Study: Aerobic activity may keep the brain young
Jun 29, 2009 |
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New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine finds that aerobic activity may keep the brain young.
Super-sleepers could help super-sizers!
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Burrowing frogs can survive buried for several years without food or water. Scientists have discovered that the metabolism of their cells changes radically during the dormancy period allowing the frogs to ...
