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Scientists Discover An Ancient Odor-Detecting Mechanism in Insects
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1913 Theodore Roosevelt added cartographer to his resume when he and his crew ventured up an unspeakably dangerous and uncharted tributary named the River of Doubt. Now, on a charting expedition ...
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Novel nano-devices developed by U of T researchers
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers continue to uncover the mysteries of space. But even the best astronauts in the world are stymied if the spaceship doesn't launch. When the countdown stops, it is often because ...
Ventilation treatment in prone position for ARDS does not provide significant survival benefit
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Despite a current suggestion that patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome be positioned lying face down while receiving mechanical ventilation, study results indicate that this positioning does not significantly ...
New search technique for images and videos has broad applications
Technology / Computer Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a powerful new approach to a fundamental problem in computer vision: how to program a computer to recognize or categorize ...
Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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As sea-surface temperatures rise across the globe, some scientists believe that hurricane frequency and intensity may increase. A fresh technique offers promise to generate new data from long-dead storms, ...
Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers ...
This smart wheelchair has laser vision
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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 ...
The upside of feeling down
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
Researchers to develop novel drug detection technology using software that acts like a robotic scientist
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every time a person snorts cocaine, it doesn’t just go to his or her head: It also provokes a response in the immune system, creating special biomolecules that may serve as a permanent record of each exposure.
Now hear this: Mouse study sheds light on hearing loss in older adults
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Becoming "hard of hearing" is a standard but unfortunate part of aging: A syndrome called age-related hearing loss affects about 40 percent of people over 65 in the United States, and will afflict an estimated ...
Squeak, squeak -- can you hear me now?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2009 |
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What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with "golden ears" - mice that have outstanding hearing as they age.
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