News tagged with capacity


Exercise programs recommended as standard for rheumatoid arthritis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Exercise programs designed to improve strength and stamina are safe and effective treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers reviewed dynamic exercise program ...


Researchers Explore Diabetes, Gene and Cognitive Performance Relationship

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maine researchers studying cardiovascular risk factors that influence cognitive performance have discovered that diabetics who carry a particular genotype — one or more of the ApoE-e4 alleles ...


Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Toshiba today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, ...


Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB drive

Tiny flash drive is also durable

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Just the other day, my son was looking for his flash drive that is a requirement for all college freshmen. His mom was the one who found it due to the loud clanging noise coming from the automatic dryer. ...


Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope

Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope from Rechargeable 'Chemical Fuel Tank'

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.


IBM Unveils Industry's First Public Desktop Cloud

Technology / Software

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Building on years of industry leadership in desktop virtualization technology, IBM today announced the availability of the industry's first public desktop cloud service.


United States becomes world leader in wind power

Technology / Energy

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Aggressive investments in 2008 helped the United States surpass Germany to become the world's leader in wind power, according to a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy.


Taking dex can improve high altitude exercise capacity in certain climbers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taking dexamathasone prophlyactically may improve exercise capacity in some mountaineers, according to Swiss researchers. Dexamathasone, known popularly to climbers as "dex," has been used for years to treat altitude-related ...


Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...


Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing?

Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing? (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

"That blasted siren. I can't focus." That reaction to undesired distraction may signal a person's low working-memory capacity, according to a new study.


Researcher has uncovered a way to provide antioxidant-rich water in a bottle

Chemistry / Other

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Health-conscious consumers know the benefits of eating high-antioxidant foods like fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts. A University of Georgia researcher has uncovered a way to provide antioxidant-rich water ...


Scientists refine, redefine seawater equation

Scientists refine, redefine seawater equation

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

This summer, one of the world's leading ocean science bodies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) adopted ...


Remembering what to remember and what to forget

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report.


Men share a motorcycle riding past a wind power plant in Zhangbei

China aims to build 'Three Gorges of wind power'

Technology / Energy

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said Thursday.


Statins can protect against Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, ...