News tagged with hairline


To be or not to be

To be or not to be

Other Sciences / Other

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

(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.





Search results for hairline


Groin injuries may be more serious than a pulled muscle

Medicine & Health / Other

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

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


First acoustic metamaterial 'superlens' created by U. of I. researchers

First acoustic metamaterial 'superlens' created

Physics / General Physics

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

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 ...


Software for Safe Bridges

Software for safe bridges

Technology / Engineering

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

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 ...


Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy

Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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

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.


Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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

(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 ...


Samsung Introduces P960 Mobile TV Slider Phone

Samsung Introduces P960 Mobile TV Slider Phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced today P960, the world’s first slider type Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV phone P960.


New technology sharpens X-ray vision

New technology sharpens X-ray vision

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the EPFL in Switzerland have developed a novel method for producing dark-field x-ray images at wavelengths used in typical medical and industrial imaging ...


Surgical technique helps to reanimate paralyzed faces

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 16, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A surgical technique known as temporalis tendon transfer, in conjunction with intense physical therapy before and after surgery, may help reanimate the features of those with facial paralysis, according to a report in the ...


Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 11, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The two most prevalent forms of genetic mental retardation, Fragile X and Down syndromes, may share a common cause, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. The problem, a crippled communication ...


New System Monitors Tiny 'Earthquakes' in Bones to Prevent Fractures

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 13, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers are applying the same basic technique seismologists use to measure earthquakes for a new medical technology that promises to prevent stress fractures by detecting the formation of tiny cracks in bones.



List of search results for hairline