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New device looks to prevent vision loss in diabetes patients

New device looks to prevent vision loss in diabetes patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Indiana University School of Optometry faculty member's company is nearing completion of a diagnostic camera that could aid in saving the vision of millions of people worldwide.





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Researchers create the first thermal nanomotor in the world

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers from the UAB Research Park have created the first nanomotor that is propelled by changes in temperature. A carbon nanotube is capable of transporting cargo and rotating like a conventional motor, but is a million ...


The Thai arm of Nissan Motor announced plans Thursday to produce the firm's first eco-car

Thailand's Nissan to introduce first eco-car next year

Technology / Business

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Thai arm of Nissan Motor announced plans Thursday to produce the firm's first eco-car for the domestic and overseas market.


Research shines spotlight on a key player in the dance of chromosomes

Biology /

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia ...


Ground speed sensor technology developed for motor vehicles

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development of a compact and low cost speed sensor technology for motor vehicles which provides accurate measurement of relative velocity using an mm–wave radar (77GHz band). The technology enables ...


What gives us fingertip dexterity?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Quickly moving your fingertips to tap or press a surface is essential for everyday life to, say, pick up small objects, use a BlackBerry or an iPhone. But researchers at the University of Southern California say that this ...


What gives us fingertip dexterity?

What gives us fingertip dexterity?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Quickly moving your fingertips to tap or press a surface is essential for everyday life to, say, pick up small objects, use a BlackBerry or an iPhone. But researchers at the University of Southern California ...


Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems

Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated resear ...


Motor vehicle crashes more common among young drivers who engage in self-harm behaviors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drivers who engaged in self-harm were at increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, even after controlling for psychological distress and substance abuse, found a study of 18 871 Australian drivers published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...


Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the st ...


The brain-machine interface (right) equipped with headgear to measure electrical current and blood flow in the brain

New robot 'steered by human thought': Honda

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Japan's Honda said Tuesday it had developed a robot steered by human thought, thanks to a helmet-like device that measures a person's brain activity and sends signals to the machine.



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