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Knowing Heart Murmurs

Hearts a flutter as exam includes audio portion for first time

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hearts will be racing faster this fall for every medical student in the country. That's because the three-part test every medical student and resident must pass will be delivered in a new way: by listening ...





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GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.


Semantic research sets world standards

Semantic research sets world standards

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created new tools for semantic technology development which are helping to set the next generation of official standards. The tools also unblock some key bottlenecks ...


Gadgets: Card reader helps you shop safer online

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

NetSecure Technologies SmartSwipe credit card reader is a new device to help Internet shoppers or small business owners.


Waseda Flutist Robot

Musical robots perform duets (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flute playing robot unveiled by Waseda University last year has been joined by a robot saxophonist in a Classical music duet. The aim of the project was to design robots that could respond ...


Brain's endocannabinoid signaling pathway kept in check by two enzymes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team has shown that blocking the degradation of two naturally occurring cannabinoids in the endocannabinoid signaling pathway of the brain produces marijuana-like behavioral effects in mice, according ...


Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (14) | comments 6

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...


Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform

Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (34) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1811, Joseph Fourier, the 43-year-old prefect of the French district of Isčre, entered a competition in heat research sponsored by the French Academy of Sciences. The paper he submitted ...


Tulane University surgeon pioneers 'scarless' thyroid surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tulane University School of Medicine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil is one of the first in the country to perform a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid ...


ET: Check your voicemail

ET: Check your voicemail

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Alien beings on faraway planets may not have noticed, but it’s been 35 years since human beings made the first deliberate effort to send them a message.


Give thanks to the bee

Give thanks to the bee

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we sit down to give thanks at the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we should also be thanking the honey bee.



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