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New surgical technique shows promise for improving function of artificial arms

A surgical technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation appears to enable patients with arm amputations to have improved control of functions with an artificial arm, according to a study in the February 11 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Steroid injections prove effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniations

The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanorod-assembled order affects diffusion rate and direction

Some of the recent advancements in nanotechnology depend critically on how nanoparticles move and diffuse on a surface or in a fluid under non-ideal to extreme conditions. Georgia Tech has a team of researchers ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds 'cool' gas may form and strengthen sunspots

Hydrogen molecules may act as a kind of energy sink that strengthens the magnetic grip that causes sunspots, according to scientists from Hawaii and New Mexico using a new infrared instrument on an old telescope.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Visual nudge improves accuracy of mammogram readings

In 2011 -- to the consternation of women everywhere -- a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neanderthals and their contemporaries engineered stone tools

(PhysOrg.com) -- New published research from anthropologists at the University of Kent has scientifically supported for the first time the long held theory that early human ancestors across Africa, Western ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Sitting it out

Youngsters in Norway today are not as fit as earlier generations, and even the best perform less well. Researchers now warn that a wave of inactivity could have a major long-term health impact.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What happened to all the snow?

Winter seems to be on hold this year in some parts of the United States. Snowfall has been scarce so far in places that were overwhelmed with the white stuff by the same time last year.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

World's best metronome enables slow-motion pictures of atoms and molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most accurate metronome keeps stroke to an incredible 10 quintillionth of a second. The device enables slow-motion pictures from the world of molecules and atoms, scientists from the Center for ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

MIT lab working on wristband to allow for individual control of local building environment

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT Media Lab has announced that a team of researchers working in the Responsive Environments Group is hard at it trying to come up with just the right sort of wrist bracelet that could interface with a building ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

The Milky Way contains at least 100 billion planets according to survey

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Milky Way galaxy contains a minimum of 100 billion planets according to a detailed statistical study based on the detection of three extrasolar planets by an observational technique called ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1


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