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This smart wheelchair has laser vision

This smart wheelchair has laser vision

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...


Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Human movement is a key factor of dengue virus inflow in Rio de Janeiro, according to results from researchers based at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. The results, based on data from a severe epidemic in ...


The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 4

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


Of Mutants and Mechanisms: Researching Growth-Regulation Proteins That Underlie Cancer

Of Mutants and Mechanisms: Researching Growth-Regulation Proteins That Underlie Cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

(PhysOrg.com) --A University of Arkansas researcher will study potential cancer-causing mutants of a protein involved in cell growth regulation, thanks to a supplemental grant from the National Institutes ...


Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...


Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...


Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking

Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice.


 eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

Technology / Software

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they?


Willis Tower

The greening of Willis Tower: Rooftop gardens part of plan to improve efficiency

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. Today, she is transforming that skyline, but you won't find her work glorified on a $6 mug or gracing postcards.


The collection and storage and retention of the household data makes it vulnerable to security breaches

New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

Technology / Energy

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 12

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...



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