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Low-cost instrument developed by students could aid weather research

On a recent blustery afternoon, scientists gathered on a rooftop at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to observe two atmospheric electric field-mill devices monitor the buildup of electrical charge ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One in four UK children facing multiple risks to development, study finds

(Medical Xpress) -- More than one in four UK infants is growing up in families facing multiple challenges such as parental depression and financial hardship that can have a damaging effect on children’s development, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Metabolic profiles essential for personalizing cancer therapy

One way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism shows that one metabolism-targeted cancer therapy will not fit all. That means that m ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Old drug shows new promise to treat leishmaniasis

(Medical Xpress) -- A study published yesterday shows that a drug called fexinidazole could potentially be used to treat visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that kills 50 000 to 60 000 people ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Food crops damaged by pollution crossing continents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Man-made air pollution from North America causes Europe to lose 1.2 million tonnes of wheat a year, a new study has found.

Biology / Other

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Report: Electronic health records still need work

(AP) -- America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solving energy problems, one molecule at a time

Jeffrey Grossman says Cambridge has a better climate than California — for carrying out materials science research, that is. That’s why Grossman decided, two years ago, to make the move from the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using real-time road traffic data to evaluate congestion

A new project has shown that by using existing sources of information about traffic flow it is possible to create a minute-by-minute image of congestion in cities.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical technique sets new standard for speed in battle to prevent pandemic infection

A new diagnosis technique developed by researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) has succeeded in detecting influenza virus infection in only 40 minutes and with one hundred times the sensitivity of conventional ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ancient lessons for a modern challenge

What caused the collapse of the Cambodian city of Angkor, the largest preindustrial city in the world, 600 years ago? Previous research suggests war and overexploitation of the land were to blame, but a new ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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