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Scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. This finding sheds new light on the workings of mechanotransduction, the process ...
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Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more ...
Capillary formation’s mechanical determinants: One growth factor can have many effects
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers have established a link between the growth of blood vessels and the mechanical stresses caused by the environment within which the vessels grow, a new understanding that ...
Playing Pinball with Atoms
Oct 06, 2008 |
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With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those devices ...
Modern ceramics help advance technology
May 08, 2008 |
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Many important electronic devices used by people today would be impossible without the use of ceramics. A new study published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society illustrates the use of ceramic materials in the ...
GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous ...
Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.
Scientists guide immune cells with light and microparticles (w/ Video)
Nov 16, 2009 |
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A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. Their findings are described in the November 15 issue of Nature Methods Advanc ...
Mind over body: new hope for quadriplegics
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Around 2.5 million people worldwide are wheelchair bound because of spinal injuries. Half of them are quadriplegic, paralysed from the neck down. European researchers are now offering them new hope thanks to groundbreaking ...
Nanoscale zipper cavity responds to single photons of light
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more. The device exploits the mechanical properties of ...
High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
Aug 07, 2007 |
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An intense form of ultrasound that shakes a tumor until its cells start to leak can trigger an “alarm” that enlists immune defenses against the cancerous invasion, according to a study led by researchers at Duke University's ...
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