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A mobile phone or an MP3 player tells if you're sleeping soundly

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Finnish researcher Väinö Virtanen has developed a method for analysing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and a wireless microphone. The objective was to create an application that could be used ...


Research: Baby's sleep position is major factor in 'flat-headedness'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly ? or the development of flat spots on an infant's head -- according to findings reported by ...


Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze

Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Blame it on the heavy meal, the alcohol, or simply the opportunity afforded by a free afternoon on a traditional holiday. Just don't blame it on the tryptophan, say experts at the University ...


Microwave Meter Measures Moisture and Density of In-Shell Peanuts

Microwave Meter Measures Moisture and Density of In-Shell Peanuts

Biology / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A microwave meter that instantaneously measures both moisture and density of in-shell peanuts has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, making it easier and faster ...


Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year ...


2 sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.


Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks.


Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk (AP)

Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.


China is the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming

China harnesses mountain wind power

Technology / Energy

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.


Tapering a Free-Electron Laser to Extract More Juice

Tapering a Free-Electron Laser to Extract More Juice

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NSLS and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) have demonstrated a technique that could be used to significantly improve the quantity and quality of light ...



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