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Signal opportunities on the slopes -- with RFID

Signal opportunities on the slopes -- with RFID

Technology / Engineering

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether slalom or alpine skiing, competitive skiing is all about thousandths of a second. Hence, professional athletes must constantly refine their technique. Small radio transmitters will ...


How is our left brain is different from our right?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Since the historical discovery of the speech center in the left cortex in 150 years ago, functional differences between left and right hemisphere have been well known; language is mainly handled by left hemisphere, while ...


Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake according ...


For coronary artery disease patients, B vitamins may not reduce cardiovascular events

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

In a large clinical trial involving patients with coronary artery disease, use of B vitamins was not effective for preventing death or cardiovascular events, according to a study published in the August 20 issue of JAMA.


New research links International Monetary Fund loans with higher death rates from tuberculosis

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans were associated with a 16.6% rise in death rates from tuberculosis (TB) in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern European countries between 1992 and 2002, finds a study in ...