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Blast overpressure is generated from the firing of weapons and may cause brain injury

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The brain may be injured by the noise, which is produced when, for example, an anti-tank weapon (Bazooka, Karl Gustav) or a howitzer (Haubits) is fired. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy demonstrated mild injury to brain ...





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Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form

Biology / Evolution

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right.


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Intel's Light Peak Will Replace Copper Wires

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (34) | comments 18 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Wednesday, the company announced a new optical cable that will be able to transfer data, between electrical devices, starting at speeds of 10 ...


Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak at 0510 GMT on 14th December. Meteors (or ‘shooting stars’) are the result of small particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, heating up ...


US coal peak production: Point and counterpoint

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A timely debate on "United States Coal Peak Production" will enliven the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon, today. Highly regarded experts David B. Rutledge of the California Institute ...


Research suggests a significant circadian rhythm in swim performance lasting 2-4 minutes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 26, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study investigating the potential of a circadian rhythm in athletic performance adds further confirmation that it exists. The finding is being published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, one of 11 peer reviewed ...


Exercise reduces hunger in lean women but not obese women

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise does not suppress appetite in obese women, as it does in lean women, according to a new study. The results were presented Tuesday, June 17, at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.


Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak (AP)

Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home.


Plugging into an electric vehicle revolution

Plugging into an electric vehicle revolution

Technology / Energy

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A road trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which could one day end up in every Australian driveway, is underway. Over the next three months, staff from Victorian energy distributor SP AusNet ...


Hospital noise initiative reduces average peak decibel levels by 20 percent

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients often complain that getting a good night's sleep or a bit of peace and quiet in hospital can be difficult. But a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing has shown that adopting some s ...


Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required

Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bundle up and get ready to watch a fiery lightshow stirred up by dead comets in Earth's upper atmosphere during the cold of winter in the dead of night. The annual Geminid meteor shower is ...



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