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Primordial fish had rudimentary fingers

Biology /

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Tetrapods, the first four-legged land animals, are regarded as the first organisms that had fingers and toes. Now researchers at Uppsala University can show that this is wrong. Using medical x-rays, they found rudiments ...


Good vibrations: Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations

Good vibrations: Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone.


Researchers Develop Breast Biopsy Robot

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The results of proof-of-feasibility studies lead the researchers to believe that routine medical procedures such as breast biopsies will be performed in the future with minimal human guidance, and at greater ...


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Nokia Showcases 3D Cell Phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finnish giant Nokia, the world's biggest phone manufacturer, is developing a 3D mobile phone with a stereoscopic display. And you don't need 3D glasses to get the three-dimensional effect.


Many Britons too lazy to change TV channel: poll

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Britons are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study Monday.


Autonomous robot detects shrapnel

Autonomous robot detects shrapnel

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location -- all without the need for human assistance.


First steps toward autonomous robot surgeries

Technology / Engineering

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The day may be getting a little closer when robots will perform surgery on patients in dangerous situations or in remote locations, such as on the battlefield or in space, with minimal human guidance.


Genetic discovery could lead to advances in dental treatment

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers have identified the gene that ultimately controls the production of tooth enamel, a significant advance that could some day lead to the repair of damaged enamel, a new concept in cavity prevention, and restoration ...


Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service

Twitter to show whereabouts of tweeters

Technology / Internet

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service in a move that will let people see where "tweets" are coming from.


Scientists Gain Important Insights Into how Brain Transfers, Processes and Stores Visual Information

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just released research published in prestigious international journal Nature Neuroscience details the findings of an international team of researchers led by Australian scientist and Macquarie University senior ...


Biologists find birdsong of isolates reverts to norm over several generations (w/Audio)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

In an experiment that points to a role for genetics in the development of culture, biologists at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that zebra finches raised in isolation ...


`P.B. Winterbottom' finds a home at 2K Games (AP)

'P.B. Winterbottom' finds a home at 2K Games

Technology / Software

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Matt Korba and his pals are busy turning his interactive media thesis project from a rudimentary silent film-themed video-game prototype into a fleshed-out puzzler featuring over 80 levels that will ...


Actinide research published in Reviews of Modern Physics

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Livermore researcher who teamed with a United Kingdom collaborator has published an article in Reviews of Modern Physics that refines decades of actinide science and may just become the preeminent research ...


Do we need dark matter?

Do we need dark matter?

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 34

It's the biggest problem in physics: the matter we can see in the universe accounts for just five per cent of the observed gravity that holds galaxies together.


Study: Dinosaurs are not birds' ancestors

Other Sciences /

created Oct 10, 2005 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (15) | comments 0

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill scientists say no good evidence exists to indicate that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern birds.