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Looking for water on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 28, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA's Phoenix Scout Lander reached Mars on May 25,, opened a soils lab, and started looking for water. Phoenix uses a robotic scoop arm to deliver regolith samples to the suite of instruments aboard the Lander--with one ...





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Researchers develop new and efficient breast biopsy technique

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have developed a new breast biopsy technique that could lead to decreased procedure times and reduced patient discomfort and morbidity, according to a study performed at Roberts Research Institute, the University ...


Nanopatches to join the fight against swine flu

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In response to the growing threat of swine flu, a UQ team is applying nanopatch technology to potentially solve the problems associated with vaccinating millions of Australians, thanks to a recently announced government grant.


Surgeons' unanimous consensus: Needle biopsy is gold standard for breast cancer diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A special report published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that an alarming 35% of initial diagnostic breast biopsies in the United States are still being done using unnece ...


Autonomous robot detects shrapnel

Autonomous robot detects shrapnel

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location -- all without the need for human assistance.


High-sensitivity bone marrow aspiration technology enhances leukemia cell detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have created a viable technology to improve the detection of leukemia cells in bone marrow.


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Scientists works to develop Christmas tree that doesn't shed needles

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.


Tiny Test Tube Experiment Shows Reaction Of Melting Materials at the Nano Scale (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have conducted a basic chemistry experiment in what is perhaps the world's smallest test tube, measuring a thousandth the diameter of a human hair.


Childhood vaccinations don't have to be painful, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Other

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people associate childhood vaccinations with pain, but new Canadian research shows this doesn't have to be the case.


Researchers can precisely manipulate polarization in nanostructures

Researchers can precisely manipulate polarization in nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, working with American researchers, have succeeded in using an electrical signal to control ...


Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs

Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization.



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