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New imaging analysis predicts brain tumor survival

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As early as one week after beginning treatment for brain tumors, a new imaging analysis method was able to predict which patients would live longer, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center ...





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Smashing trash with solar power

Technology / Energy

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

They seem to turn heads wherever they're installed: new solar-powered trash compactors that are meant to save time and energy.


1 in 4 hospitalized heart failure patients with Medicare back in hospital within a month

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Almost a quarter of heart failure patients with Medicare are back in the hospital within a month after discharge, researchers report in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association.


Gravitational Space Corridors

Gravitational Space Corridors Could Slash Space Travel Costs (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 6 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying space travel possibilities have proposed that gravitational space corridors could be used by spacecraft, in much the same way as ships use ocean currents. Taking advantage ...


Santa Baby: The Secrets to Santa's Sexiness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As Mr and Mrs Claus continue to enjoy the world's longest surviving marriage, a team of researchers at the University of St Andrews set out to uncover the secrets of Santa's enduring attractiveness.


Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID

Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building ...


Blogs, like traditional advertising, can help predict product sales

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While traditional advertising is still the main driver of product sales, blogging and other new media are fast becoming predictors of market outcomes, say University of Michigan researchers.


Queen's study to test Canadian guidelines for daily exercise

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How hard and for how long should you exercise in order to shed excess abdominal fat and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease?


WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner (AP)

WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday.


Physician training 2.0

Physician training 2.0

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital team up with the New England Journal of Medicine to create online medical cases that can teach better than lectures.


California Academy of Sciences becomes first aquarium in US to breed dwarf cuttlefish

California Academy of Sciences becomes first aquarium in US to breed dwarf cuttlefish

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is beginning to swell—evidence of success for the ...



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