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The world's most common operation

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current ...


Scientists obtain clearer view of how eye lens proteins are sorted

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

New research reveals how proteins that are critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and localized in membrane bilayers. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 3rd issue of Biophysical Jo ...


Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors

Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the world's first 4K panel for 3LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. The panel will enable the projectors to produce a bright image of 4096 x 2160 ...


Butterfly proboscis to sip cells

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...


Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...


WISE Is Chilling Out

WISE Is Chilling Out

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers are busy cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The spacecraft is scheduled to blast into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...


Ionic Liquid's Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University, Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, the University of Rome and the National Research Council in Italy recently made a discovery about the non-uniform chemical compositions ...


Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices (AP)

Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's easier than ever to shoot high-definition video. You can do it with traditional-style camcorders, of course, but also with cameras that also are designed to take still photos - from high-end "digital ...


Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal

Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The scientists anticipate their "LithoParticles" will have significant applications in photonics, optical communications and other areas.


Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids

Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a dramatic fashion, radiating outward as if it ...



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