News tagged with volume levels

Blood sugar control beyond standard target doesn't improve cognitive decline for diabetics

Intensive control of blood sugar levels beyond standard targets provides no additional protection against cognitive decline in older people with diabetes than standard treatment, according to a national study coordinated ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gadgets: Affordable, customized headphones that sound nice, too

You might think a customized set of headphones would cost an incredible amount of money, but that is not the case with iFrogz headphones.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is the Dead Sea dying?

The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator

Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created 9 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find rate of follow-up surgeries after partial mastectomy varies greatly

(Medical Xpress) -- A study conducted at the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care and three other sites and published in the February 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found significant ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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World's first 300mm-fab compatible directed self-assembly process line

At next week’s SPIE Advanced Lithography conference (San Jose, CA), imec announces the successful implementation of the world first 300mm fab-compatible Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) process line all-under-one-roof ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inspired by steel, nanomanufacturing gets wear-resistant carbide tip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

2C warming goal now 'optimistic' - French scientists

French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2 C (3.6 F) goal enshrined by the United Nations was "the most optimistic" scenario left for greenhouse-gas emissions.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Trees find the nitrogen they need, even in a super-size CO2 world

In the fast-food world of trees, let’s say carbon dioxide is like French fries, and nitrogen is like catsup. Suppose those trees suddenly had extra servings of French fries, but the catsup ration stayed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually

Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Researchers use Google Earth to verify Mediterranean fish farming data

The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth's satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have used them to estimate ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Economic factors impact orthopaedic trauma volume

Previous studies have found that human behavior during a recession is remarkably different than that during a bullish economy. For example, people tend to spend more time focused on working and less time engaging in leisure ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Do we no longer care about the collective good?

The Transformation of Solidarity, a book co-edited by University of Queensland sociologist Dr Mara Yerkes, tackles the subject of globalisation of national economies and societies where we put a high value ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 39


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