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To be or not to be

(PhysOrg.com) -- A scholar from Oxford's English Faculty has discovered that a painting lauded as the only known portrait of William Shakespeare painted from life is almost certainly of somebody else.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4




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Spotting weaknesses in solid wood

Is there a hairline crack in the oak table? Was the window frame glued badly? Ultrasound thermography can reliably identify material defects during the production of wooden items. This allows rejects to be ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facelift incision offers safe option for some thyroid patients

A facelift incision and robotics can help surgeons safely remove a portion of a diseased thyroid from some patients without the characteristic neck scar.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Losing hair at 20 is linked to increased risk of prostate cancer in later life

Men who start to lose hair at the age of 20 are more likely to develop prostate cancer in later life and might benefit from screening for the disease, according to a new study published online in the cancer journal, Annals of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Spanish hospital claims first full-face transplant

(AP) -- A team of surgeons has carried out the world's first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Groin injuries may be more serious than a pulled muscle

Some athletes are diagnosed with a pulled groin muscle when they actually might be suffering from a much more serious hip injury.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First acoustic metamaterial 'superlens' created

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has created the world's first acoustic "superlens," an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 6

Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable infrastructure (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A concrete material developed at the University of Michigan can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary--just water and carbon dioxide.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 3

Software for safe bridges

Spanning deep gorges, rivers and freeways, bridges are an indispensable part of the traffic network. Yet their condition in Germany is appalling: In a survey carried out by the German automobile club ADAC ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy

Put steel under a powerful microscope, revealing its microstructure, and prepare to be surprised. Known for its strength, the metal will appear pitted and pocked.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 12, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 3


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