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Seniors find success working with personal trainer

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Craving a little attention? Need to spruce up that new year's resolution? Before you freshen up your excuses, check out Don and Dorothy Ritz. Then consider getting a personal trainer.





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It’s not just cricket – actually it's physics

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Ever wanted to face a Shane Warne spin delivery or smash a Glen McGrath speed bowl? A new bowling simulator may enable you to do just that. The machine is the first of its kind to use physics, real cricket balls and novel ...


Rowing Exercise Study

To keep fit in space, train like an athlete

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 13, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

If one part of your car isn't properly maintained, it can affect how the entire vehicle runs – especially if you're taking a long trip. The same can be said for the human body. That’s why, when it comes ...


Study shows high risk women can take control of diabetes 'destiny'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women at high risk of diabetes can reduce their body’s ‘insulin resistance’ – the most important biological risk factor for diabetes – by exercising, a British Heart Foundation study from the University of ...


Sandia CR5

Machine Converts CO2 into Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (35) | comments 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, ...


Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

LHC nears restart after repairs

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 3

The European Organization for Nuclear Research says it expects to restart the world's largest atom smasher by this weekend after more than a year of repairs.


The x-ray machine has revolutionised how doctors detect disease and injury

X-ray named top achievement by British museum

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.


Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks (AP)

Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.


GE unveils handheld ultrasound machine (AP)

GE unveils handheld ultrasound machine

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(AP) -- The future of ultrasound technology, as interpreted by General Electric Co., looks a bit like a flip phone crossed with an iPod.


Iowa State scientist develops lab machine to study glacial sliding related to rising sea levels

Scientist develops lab machine to study glacial sliding related to rising sea levels

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neal Iverson opened his laboratory's walk-in freezer and said the one-of-a-kind machine inside could help scientists understand how glaciers slide across their beds. And that could help researchers predict ...


Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has ...



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