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'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...





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Breast reconstruction varies by race, study finds

Breast reconstruction varies by race, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latinas who spoke little English were less likely to undergo reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...


Virtual Reality Becoming a Valuable Resource for Researchers

Virtual Reality Becoming a Valuable Resource for Researchers

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 21, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Virtual reality isn’t just for gamers anymore. At the University of Arizona, the technology that used to be synonymous with the video game industry is now supporting the efforts of UA researchers in fields ...


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Is Second Life's Economy Too Big To Fail?

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money.


Study finds ACL reconstruction on the rise

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who have their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructed are more likely to have subsequent knee surgery if they are women or are treated by a surgeon who does a low volume of ACL reconstructions, according ...


Creating 3D models with a simple webcam

Creating 3D models with a simple webcam (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Constructing virtual 3D models usually requires heavy and expensive equipment, or takes lengthy amounts of time. A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge, Qi Pan, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr ...


Humans ignore motion and other cues in favor of a fictional stable world

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created Feb 21, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Would you notice if all the objects around you simultaneously moved farther away? In a virtual-reality laboratory in Oxford, researchers have obtained the puzzling finding that humans can be "blind" to changes like this.


Plastic surgeons offer microsurgery technique for breast reconstruction, tummy tuck after mastectomy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too.


Scientists bring ancient Egypt to life with  virtual model of historic temple complex

Scientists bring ancient Egypt to life with virtual model of historic temple complex (w/Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian ...


Study: Speaking, eating possible after tonsil cancer surgery with reconstruction

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new technique for reconstructing the palate after surgery for tonsil cancer maintained patients' ability to speak clearly and eat most foods, a new study shows.


Virtual reality games could help bullying victims

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.



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