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New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...


Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step ...


xerox ink

Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...


Study shows unsedated colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening well accepted by patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Taiwan report in a new study that unsedated colonoscopy for primary colorectal cancer screening is well accepted in a majority of patients. Sedation is typically used for colonoscopy to make the patient feel ...


Researchers Hope to Mass-Produce Robots on a Chip

Researchers Hope to Mass-Produce Tiny Robots

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny robots the size of a flea could one day be mass-produced, churned out in swarms and programmed for a variety of applications, such as surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, cleaning, ...


Ultrathin light-emitting diodes create new classes of lighting and display systems

Ultrathin light-emitting diodes create new classes of lighting and display systems

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting ...


Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets -- the new Sony walkman that was introduced ...


Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities

Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to go mainstream in the near future, scientists continue to explore new twists on the technology. Recently, researchers have fabricated ...


Best energy harvesting sources for future AF UAVs

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without refueling.


Obesity contributes to rapid cartilage loss

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology.


Nanopillars promise cheap, efficient, flexible solar cells

Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (23) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells ...


Material world: Graphene's versatility promises new applications

Graphene's versatility promises new applications

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Since its discovery just a few years ago, graphene has climbed to the top of the heap of new super-materials poised to transform the electronics and nanotechnology landscape. As N.J. Tao, a researcher at the ...


Scientists report significant advances in flexible electronics research

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

In work that represents a key step toward bringing bendable, flexible electronic devices into our homes and businesses, Stanford University researchers have created very thin, high-performance transistors using networks of ...


Transforming roofs from wasted space to energy source

Transforming roofs from wasted space to energy source

Technology / Energy

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A transparent thin film barrier used to protect flat panel TVs from moisture could become the basis for flexible solar panels that would be installed on roofs like shingles.


Flexible memristor: Memory with a twist (w/Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As reported in the July 2009 issue of IEEE Electron Device Letters,* the en ...