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Night sky satellite luminescence images used to estimate economic levels

(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying statistical analysis to a truly inspirational idea, economic researchers Xi Chen and William D. Nordhaus used nighttime satellite images taken by the U.S. Department of Defense over ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Picture is cloudy over virtual colon exam

The federal government's decision this week to not reimburse for high-tech colonoscopy exams may pose trouble for emerging companies that specialize in managing complex data from increasingly powerful imaging machines.

Medicine & Health / Health

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What lies beneath: Mapping hidden nanostructures

The ability to diagnose and predict the properties of materials is vital, particularly in the expanding field of nanotechnology. Electron and atom-probe microscopy can categorize atoms in thin sheets of material, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Stanford develops new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis

Jack was sinking fast, his vital signs registering alarming numbers. With every passing second, his doctor, Charles Prober, could see his patient being overwhelmed by sepsis, a deadly complication of infection ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Warning! Collision imminent! The brain's quick interceptions help you navigate the world

Researchers at The Neuro and the University of Maryland have figured out the mathematical calculations that specific neurons employ in order to inform us of our distance from an object and the 3-D velocities of moving objects ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cirrhosis patients losing muscle mass have a higher death rate

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta reviewed the medical records of more than 100 patients who had a liver scarring condition and discovered those who were losing muscle were more apt to die while waiting for ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Remnant of an explosion with a powerful kick?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study of Alzheimer's-related protein in healthy adults may shed light on earliest signs of disease

Researchers from the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center have completed a large-scale neuroimaging study of healthy adults from age 30 to 90 that ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world's rarest gorilla

Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world's rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds mutations tied to aggressive childhood brain tumors

Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New biodiversity map of the Andes shows species in dire need of protection

The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology has used information collec ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world

(PhysOrg.com) -- The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched. Professor Arokia Nathan has joined the University to take up ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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