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Pioneering research will assess the effects of obesity on bone development

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are conducting ground-breaking research to determine how body weight and hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds 'cool' gas may form and strengthen sunspots

Hydrogen molecules may act as a kind of energy sink that strengthens the magnetic grip that causes sunspots, according to scientists from Hawaii and New Mexico using a new infrared instrument on an old telescope.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Muscling in on multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease, causes periodic attacks of neurologic symptoms such as limb weakness and mobility defects. And while MS patients' walking abilities and muscle strength are examined on ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Microsoft advocates new WiFi-NC to make use of white spaces in spectrum

(PhysOrg.com) -- Four years ago, the FCC began allowing limited use of the so-called white spaces in the electromagnetic spectrum that is shared by all wireless devices (in the United States). The white spaces ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Study: No decline in running economy for older runners

Runners over the age of 60 are the fastest-growing group in the sport. A new study from the University of New Hampshire suggests that their running can remain fast as they age, too.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Popular whole-body-vibration exercise: not an effective therapy for the prevention of bone loss

Whole-body-vibration, a popular exercise which uses a vibrating platform, is sometimes advertised as being able to boost bone density. However, a one-year-study on healthy postmenopausal women has shown that it has no such ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Evidence base for exercise programs for older people still in the balance

Good balance and mobility are essential to help you perform most activities involved in every-day life, as well as many recreational pursuits. Keeping your balance is a complex task, involving the co-ordination between a ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

iPhone 4S gets thumbs up from Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports, the influential magazine for product reviews, gave a thumbs up to Apple's new iPhone on Tuesday after declining to recommend the previous model because of reception problems.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakthrough furnace can cut solar costs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar cells, the heart of the photovoltaic industry, must be tested for mechanical strength, oxidized, annealed, purified, diffused, etched, and layered.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

False starts can sneak by in women's sprinting

Olympic timing procedures don't accurately detect false starts by female sprinters, according to a new analysis by University of Michigan researchers.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Regular exercise improves health of people with long-term kidney disease

There are many reasons why people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often lose fitness and have increasing difficulty performing normal daily tasks, but new research shows scientific evidence for the benefits of regular exercise ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In reversing motor nerve damage, time is of the essence

When a motor nerve is severely damaged, people rarely recover full muscle strength and function. Neuroscientists from Children's Hospital Boston, combining patient data with observations in a mouse model, now show why. It's ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Graphene can be strengthened by folding

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a strength 200 times greater than that of steel, graphene is the strongest known material to exist. But now scientists have found that folding graphene nanoribbons into structures they ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast feature

Study: Overweight older women have less leg strength, power

A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that the leg strength and power of overweight older women is significantly less than that of normal-weight older women, increasing their risk for disability and loss ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Graphene may open the gate to future terahertz technologies

Nestled between radio waves and infrared light is the terahertz (THz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. By adding a nanoscale bit of graphene, researchers have found a better way to tune radiation for a THz transmitter.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast