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Psychologists show that future-minded people make better decisions for their health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.


Disproportionate effects of global warming and pollution on disadvantaged communities

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (11) | comments 18

Global warming, pollution, and the environmental consequences of energy production impose a greater burden on low-income, disadvantaged communities, and strategies to prevent these inequities are urgently needed. A provocative ...


Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy

Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy

Technology / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.


Surgery recognized as effective treatment for type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement by 50 medical experts from around the world has pronounced surgery to be a legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, bringing the procedure a significant step closer to ...


Hardware-accelerated global illumination by image space photon mapping

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.


Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mold and mildew may be doomed. Researchers are closer to understanding how these and other fungi grow. "Fungi have a big impact on our dinner plate," said Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist. "We tend ...


Marohn describes breakthrough imaging technology

Researchers are on the path to creating nano-MRI images

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers are devising methods to detect the magnetic fields of individual electrons and atomic nuclei, which they hope to use to make a nanoscale version of magnetic resonance imaging.



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