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Deaf children use hands to invent own way of communicating

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language, research ...


Videophone program for deaf is questioned

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Capt. Kirk and his unforgettable "Beam me up, Scotty" introduced a generation to the concept of videophones on the 1960s drama series "Star Trek." The phones are now a reality - for more than 100,000 deaf people.


Sign language over a mobile phone

Technology / Software

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this ...





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Language support in schools vital for children with autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Teachers and parents must be vigilant in observing difficulties with language comprehension, reading and spelling in children and young people with autism, Asperger's syndrome and ADHD.


Yoga boosts heart health

Medicine & Health / Health

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Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...


Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud

Other Sciences / Economics

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...


Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another

Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communicate. Their ...


New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring ...


Weather-sensitive architectural skins integrate form with function

Weather-sensitive architectural skins integrate form with function

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end, she has created architectural "skins," ...


Turn On, Tune In, Develop?

Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra ...


Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has launched its latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner, the Tango, which is capable of vacuuming hardwood floors, carpets, and even beds without human assistance.


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The greening of Willis Tower: Rooftop gardens part of plan to improve efficiency

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. Today, she is transforming that skyline, but you won't find her work glorified on a $6 mug or gracing postcards.



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