News tagged with time constraints

Project to improve radiotherapy planning

A collaborative project between physicists, oncologists and computer scientists at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, launched last month, will develop improved tools for the planning of high precision radiotherapy. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Service projects increase learning, social impact for undergrads

Service learning involves the incorporation of community service into a course as a requirement for credit or graduation. In the service learning model, students participate in ''real life'' and hands-on activities while ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young adults need to make more time for healthy meals

As adolescents mature into young adults, increasing time constraints due to school or work can begin to impact eating habits in a negative way. In a study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Di ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Researchers' paper wins Best Paper Award for 2011

A paper written by Dr. Paul Gratz and his graduate student, Reena Panda, from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University was selected as one of the best papers from IEEE Computer Architecture ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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Flexible paper robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- These inexpensive robots can stretch, bend and twist under control, and lift objects up to 120 times their own weight. Being soft, they can apply gentle and even pressure, and adapt to varied ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Students design virtual ID badge to combat online hackers

A student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile device. The team, calling itself EMRID Technologies, developed ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Searching for a solid that flows like a liquid

(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research centers is exploring the key question about a long-sought quantum state of matter called supersolidity: ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Hunger may inhibit defensive behavior

Most animals don't spend nearly as much time and energy defending nesting or mating sites against intruders outside the breeding season. That's a given.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada looks to the future in space

When it comes to space, the first thing most people think of is NASA. Or Russia and the European Space Agency, or even more recently, countries like China and Japan. In the public eye, Canada has tended to ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Got creative block? Get out of your office and go for a walk

(Medical Xpress) -- The next time you're in need of creative inspiration, try thinking outside the box—or cubicle.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Darpa seeks new power dynamic for continuation of Moore's Law

Computational capability is an enabler for nearly every military system.  But computational capability is increasingly limited by power requirements and the constraints on the ability to dissipate heat.  ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon (Update)

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

New model shows how often to review material for flashcard programs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A challenge for students and teachers -- and today, for designers of educational software: How often should material be reviewed for best learning? Wait too long to review and it fades away; review too soon ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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