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Revolutionary sensor system protects ports, bridges and distribution centres

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Özlem Durmaz Incel, researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, has developed a spectacular new method that enables wireless sensor networks to function up to ten times more efficiently. Networks ...





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Surgeon training found effective in breast cancer sentinel lymph node trial

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Training methods for surgeons who perform breast cancer sentinel lymph node resection were found to be effective in almost 97% of surgeons assessed, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of th ...


D2 lymphadenectomy improves the long-term survival for patients with node-negative gastric cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Many studies favor an extended lymphadenectomy at the time of a potentially curative gastrectomy for node-positive gastric cancer, and the risk of long-term death tends to decrease when the number of resected lymph nodes ...


Wireless sensors learn from life

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created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European and Indian researchers are applying principles learned from living organisms to design self-organising networks of wireless sensors suitable for a wide range of environmental monitoring purposes.


Network turns soldiers' helmets into sniper location system

Network turns soldiers' helmets into sniper location system

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately ...


Tiny, self-powered sensor for future hydrogen economy

Tiny, self-powered sensor for future hydrogen economy

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created May 24, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Hydrogen has been called “the fuel of the future.” But the gas is invisible, odorless and explosive at high concentrations, posing a safety problem for hydrogen-powered cars, filling stations and other aspects ...


Ultrasound can predict tumor burden and survival in melanoma patients

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Berlin, Germany: Researchers have shown for the first time that patterns of ultrasound signals can be used to identify whether or not cancer has started to spread in melanoma patients, and to what extent. The discovery enables ...


Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse

Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The sensor of some optical mice can be used to easily and cheaply detect counterfeit euros, according to a study published by Spanish researchers of the University of Lleida (UdL) in the scientific journal ...


Any spread of breast cancer raises risk of return

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created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Breast cancer patients with even the tiniest spread of the disease to a lymph node have a much higher risk of it recurring years later and may need more treatment than just surgery, new research suggests.


Cambridge to host first city-wide wireless sensor network

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created Apr 05, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Harvard University, BBN Technologies, and the City of Cambridge have begun a four-year project to install 100 wireless sensors atop streetlights in Cambridge, Mass., creating the world's first city-wide network of wireless ...


The self-managing, 'unbreakable' internet?

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- High-powered internet applications typically need teams of experts to maintain them. Not any more, say European researchers who have built a system to create applications that manage and fix themselves.



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