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Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary ...





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Quantitative approach to forensic fingerprint comparison studied

Technology / Computer Sciences

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The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded researchers at Virginia Tech a two-year, $854,907 grant to develop a quantitative approach to measuring and establishing a standard for "sufficiency" of information available ...


World forest observatory needed to monitor vital role of forests in climate deal

Space & Earth / Environment

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A new scientific organisation is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according to research at the University of Leeds.


Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Physics / General Physics

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An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...


Hebrew University, US scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.


A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...


Early intervention for toddlers with autism highly effective, study finds

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism - some as young as 18 months - is effective for improving IQ, language ability, and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.


Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...


Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent (AP)

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.


Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones (AP)

Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want.


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (17) | comments 28

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.



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