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Stanford researchers develop the next generation of retinal implants

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Stanford researchers has developed a new generation of retinal implants that aims to provide higher resolution and make artificial vision more natural.


Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says

Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says

Technology / Hi Tech

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The impact of text messaging on the decline of formal writing among teens has been debated in pedagogical circles ever since cell-phone ownership became an adolescent rite of passage in the mid-2000s. But ...


Samsung unveils new smartphone platform 'bada' to the world

Technology / Software

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Samsung Electronics today unveils its new smartphone platform, Samsung bada. At this unveiling, Samsung showcases the bada SDK (Software Development Kit) for partners and presents the unique benefits and unprecedented opportunities ...


Finding the Achilles' heel of cancer

Finding the Achilles' heel of cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A never-approved drug developed to prevent the death of nerve cells after a stroke can efficiently kill cancer cells while keeping normal cells healthy and intact, an international team led by a Tel Aviv University ...


Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges from Winter Darkness

Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges from Winter Darkness

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn's north pole again, cameras aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape ...


A picture shows Tel Aviv's sea front promenade on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline

Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 2

The Mediterranean Sea was mostly filled in less than two years in a dramatic flood around 5.33 million years ago in which water poured in from the Atlantic, according to a study published Wednesday.


People affected by autism believe increase is 'real,' not diagnostic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There has been a major increase in the number of children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders over the last two decades - the question is why? Researchers have found a sharp difference between the beliefs of ordinary ...


Texas Tech Using Remote Sensing Technology to Improve Peanut Crops

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using remote sensing to estimate biophysical characteristics including ground cover and yield.


Scientists reveal key structure from ebola virus

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of a critical protein from the Ebola virus, which, though rare, is one of the deadliest viruses on the planet killing between 50 and 90 percent of ...


Swine flu toll includes a few pets (AP)

Swine flu toll includes a few pets

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic.



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