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Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand

Medicine & Health / Other

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If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to ...


Irregular arm swing may point to Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease, according to neurologists who believe early detection may help physicians apply treatments to slow further brain cell damage until strategies ...


Rear Wheel Trouble Continues

Spirit Rover: Rear Wheel Trouble Continues

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels.


Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say Penn environmental scientists

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2

An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...


Sucking Up To Survive

Sucking Up To Survive

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Shrink a human being down to the size of an insect, and you would no longer be able to sip lemonade from a straw. The forces that hold liquid together would simply be too great to overcome at that tiny scale.


Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

Biology / Ecology

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Imagine that an unknown force hacks your city into two chunks. Because of this new barrier, you can’t get from your home to your office or the grocery store. Suddenly, your access to critical resources is ...


A faint star orbiting the Big Dipper's Alcor discovered

A faint star orbiting the Big Dipper's Alcor discovered

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Next time you spy the Big Dipper, keep in mind that there is another star, invisible to the unaided eye, contributing to this constellation.


Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests

Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests

Biology / Ecology

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Invasive plants are advancing into Eastern forests at an alarming rate, and the rapid spread has been linked by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences to forest road ...


Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea. ...



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