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Study Finds Low Risk in Treating Previously Coiled Aneurysm

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at ...


The new gizmo -- called the "Mimi Switch" or "Ear Switch"

Japanese gadget controls iPod in blink of an eye

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

A wink, a smile or a raised eyebrow could soon change the music on your iPod or start up the washing machine, thanks to a new Japanese gadget.





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Statistics experts reject global cooling claims (AP)

Statistics experts reject global cooling claims

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (92) | comments 23

(AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.


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You, yourself and you: Why being self-centered is a good thing

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (8) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Caspar Hare would like you to try a thought experiment. Consider that 100,000 people around the world tomorrow will suffer epileptic seizures. "That probably doesn't trouble you tremendously," ...


Establishing healthy shrubs not the water-consuming task many think, research shows

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Good news for your utility bills and the environment: New University of Florida research shows that landscape shrubs need much less water to establish healthy roots than you might expect.


Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 7

(AP) -- Some of the world's biggest technology companies say they can help publishers successfully charge readers for news online. If only that were the hard part.


Acoustic tweezers can position tiny objects

Acoustic tweezers can position tiny objects

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses sound as a tiny tweezers can be small enough ...


Cooperative cybercars, a question of priorities

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other. Could fleets of high throughput rapid transit systems soon be cruising our cities?


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Boston airport testing radar to avoid avian accidents

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Airports have grappled with the issue of sharing the sky with members of the avian family for decades. Most recently, US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make a water landing in the Hudson River off of New ...


Robot Learns to Smile and Frown

Robot Learns to Smile and Frown (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning. The UC San Diego researchers ...


Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues

Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. Psychology Professor Frédéric Gosselin and his Université de Mon ...


Unique nerve-stimulation device proves effective against epilepsy

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Epilepsy is a common medical condition characterized by convulsions and short periods of confusion. It affects more than 50 million people worldwide. But intractable epilepsy, which affects more than 1 million Americans and ...



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