News tagged with pilots
Fuel from market waste
Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries -- to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have developed a new ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 09, 2012 |
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How to tell apart the forgetful from those at risk of Alzheimer's disease
It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However people with aMCI are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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First-of-its-kind head patch monitors brain blood flow and oxygen
A research team led by investigators at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found that a small device worn on a patient's brow can be useful in monitoring stroke patients in the hospital. The device measures blood oxygen, similar ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Many children with liver transplants from parents can safely stop using anti-rejection drugs
Physicians at three transplant centers have found in a pilot study that a majority of children who receive liver tissue from a parent can eventually stop using immunosuppression (anti-rejection) medications safely. These ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Ecologists record and study deep-sea fish noises
University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet (682 meters) below the ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Pilot whales strand again on New Zealand beach
A pod of about 40 beached pilot whales re-stranded themselves in New Zealand Tuesday after volunteers worked for hours to get them back into the sea, officials said.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Ninety whales stranded on New Zealand beach
A pod of 90 pilot whales have beached themselves at the top of New Zealand's South island, in the same area where seven whales died in a mass stranding earlier this month, according to officials.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Algae may be sustainable alternative for animal feed
The pigs and poultry in Professor Xingen Lei's lab have been consuming feed one wouldn't expect in Ithaca: marine algae.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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E-textbooks may usher lower costs, improved learning for college students
(PhysOrg.com) -- An e-textbook pilot program will be tested in the coming months as Ball State University examines methods to reduce the cost of attending college and increase learning efficiency.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2012 |
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A novel strategy to reduce farm runoff will be tested starting in Minnesota
Minnesota will be the nation's first test site for a novel federal program designed to stem the flow of agricultural pollution that is strangling some of the country's great waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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New educational program helps the siblings of children with cancer
Having a brother or sister with newly diagnosed cancer can be a distressing and difficult time for a child. While most children eventually cope, there can be a period of adjustment when their school work and social functioning ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Internet address expansion set despite ".worries." (Update)
Bidding will begin this week for words and brand names such as ".sport," ".NYC" and ".bank" to join ".com" as online monikers.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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New research to help safer emergency aircraft landings
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) aviation researchers are developing an information system to help Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) make safer emergency landings and better enable their wider commercial use.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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50 years later, S&T historian finds out what happened in Vegas
(PhysOrg.com) -- "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" may be the city's motto, but as Dr. Larry Gragg can testify, discovering what happened years ago in Las Vegas just takes some digging.
Dec 29, 2011 |
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PET technique promises better detection and response assessment for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Positron emission tomography (PET) and a molecular imaging agent that captures the proliferation of cancer cells could prove to be a valuable method for imaging a form of Non-Hodgkin's disease called mantle cell lymphoma, ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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