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'Smart' underwear eases ulcers

(PhysOrg.com) -- By any stretch, underwear has always been considered a good idea. But now, thanks to the work of a province-wide team of researchers led by the University of Alberta, unmentionables have risen ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Ultrasound male contraceptive, overlooked for decades, confirmed to work

Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apps to help you skip those Black Friday lines

While you're waiting at the stores on Black Friday, why not check if that deal you're blowing the day for is available online for less money or less aggravation. Here are some key smartphone shopping apps for the holidays.

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU adopts guidelines on airport body scanners

(AP) -- The European Union adopted new guidelines Monday on using body scanners at airports, hoping to address the privacy concerns that have delayed their implementation across the continent.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Colorful eco-textiles thanks to nano-sized enzymes

To address the problems encountered by the traditional European dyes industry, scientists have developed a new and environmentally friendly way to produce dyes.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New software to end 'naked' airport scans

In the face of an outcry over so-called "naked" body scans at airports, US authorities on Wednesday announced plans for a new scanning system that eliminates "passenger-specific images."

Technology / Software

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flexible, printable sensors detect underwater hazards

(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthroughs in nanoengineering often involve building new materials or tiny circuits. But a professor at the University of California, San Diego is proving that he can make materials and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stem cells know where they want to go

Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clothing firms 'sexualise' pre-teen girls: study

Some clothing firms in the United States are marketing sexy garments for pre-teen girls, reinforcing a destructive stereotype of female attractiveness, research released on Monday said.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 15

Analysis suggests cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low

Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanosilver: A new name -- well-known effects

Nanosilver is not a new discovery by nanotechnologists -- it has been used in various products for over a hundred years, as is shown by a new Empa study. The antimicrobial effects of minute silver particles, which were then ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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