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'Avatar' trailer debuts online amid buzz
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Social networking sites were abuzz Thursday over an online trailer for "Avatar," just as extended previews of the 3D sci-fi adventure were hitting screens at theaters down under.
10 percent of healthy people in study had injury from 'silent strokes'
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A recent study found that about 10 percent of the apparently healthy middle-aged participants with no symptoms of stroke were injured from "silent strokes," researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Archaeological study of ostrich eggshell beads collected from SDG site
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from SDG site reflect primordial art and a kind of symbolic behavior of modern humans. Two different manufacturing pathways are usually used in the manufacture of OES beads in Upper Paleolithic. ...
Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
Dec 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.
Sony signs 3-D video deal for 2010 World Cup
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The 2010 World Cup is going 3-D. Sony Corp. said Friday it has signed a deal with FIFA, the international football governing body, to record up to 25 World Cup games in 3-D - a technology that gives ...
'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...
The court will now call its expert witness: the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new field ...
New on-off 'switch' triggers and reverses paralysis in animals with a beam of light (w/ Video)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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In an advance with overtones of Star Trek phasers and other sci-fi ray guns, scientists in Canada are reporting development of an internal on-off "switch" that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet ...
Cancers' sweet tooth may be weakness
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.
Security heightened ahead of Ubisoft's 'Avatar' game release
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game.
'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.
Imaging a catalyst one atom at a time
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh ...
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