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Vigilant windows

Is someone sneaking around in front of the window trying to break in? Windows and doors are now being sensitized to suspicious movements: they can detect whether and how quickly something is moving. If it ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Anti-malaria drug synthesized with the help of oxygen and light

The most effective anti-malaria drug can now be produced inexpensively and in large quantities. This means that it will be possible to provide medication for the 225 million malaria patients in developing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

How to stop the flu: Researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading

(Medical Xpress) -- Between 1918 and 1920, an influenza epidemic swept across the globe, infecting more than a quarter of the world’s population and killing 50 to 100 million people.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Micro-cavity arrays: Lighting the way to the future

It was not too long ago that basic science lectures began with the three forms of matter: gases, liquids and solids—and somewhere along the line plasmas were occasionally added to the list. But to be ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Research eyes energy-saving fluoros

The global trend towards using fluorescent globes instead of incandescent ones as a strategy to beat climate change could be increasing eye disease, according to new research by scientists at The Australian ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Clearing the cosmic fog of the early universe: Massive stars may be responsible

The space between the galaxies wasn't always transparent. In the earliest times, it was an opaque, dense fog. How it cleared is an important question in astronomy. New observational evidence from the University ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scientists shine a light on the detection of bacterial infection

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed polymers that fluoresce in the presence of bacteria, paving the way for the rapid detection and assessment of wound infection using ultra-violet light.

Medicine & Health / Research

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

More evidence that caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer

There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way of preventing harmful sun damage or skin cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New scientific research reveals diamonds aren't forever

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in the US journal Optical Materials Express this week, Macquarie University researchers show that even the earth's hardest naturally occurring material, the diamond, is not ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

States consider banning teens from tanning beds

(AP) -- If a proposed law passes, California teens under 18 will need a fake ID to "fake and bake" themselves to a golden brown.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-tech approach uses lights, action and camera to scrutinize fresh produce

High-tech tactics to carefully examine apples and other fresh produce items as they travel along packinghouse conveyor belts will help ensure the quality and safety of these good-for-you foods.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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