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Prefunding prescription drugs for seniors necessary
Medicine & Health / Medications
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A prefunded plan where Canadians would contribute to a dedicated fund during their working years to pay for their prescription drugs when they reach 65 would help protect public health care, according to ...
Student Builds Spider Robot From Spare Parts (w/ Video)
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Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around the room. That might sound terrifying.
Women on board: Does forced diversity hurt firm performance?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New SEC rules will require public firms to disclose what role, if any, diversity plays in appointing members to their corporate boards, but University of Michigan researchers say any forced restructuring ...
Leaf veins inspire a new model for distribution networks (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the straight and narrow may be good moral advice, but it’s not a great design principle for a distribution network. In new research, a team of biophysicists describe a complex netting of interconnected ...
Researchers develop 'lab on a chip' that detects viruses (w/ Video)
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 08, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brigham Young University engineers and chemists has created an inexpensive silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses, even at low concentrations.
Scientists discover novel materials approach to fighting cancer (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 08, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center are shaking up the world of materials science and cancer research on the cover of the ...
Sony Launches Short-Range Wireless Technology (w/ Video)
Feb 08, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first compliant products, that will use Sony’s TransferJet technology, will start appearing in products as early as the spring of this year. Its design will enable file swapping, between ...
By tracking water molecules, physicists hope to unlock secrets of life
Feb 08, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Compared to any other liquid on Earth, water behaves in strange and unexpected ways, yet its unusual properties enable and protect life as we know it. By tracking individual water molecules in a "supercooled" ...
Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2010 |
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For some years now, an unorthodox idea has been gaining favor among astronomers. It contradicts old teachings and unsettles thoughtful observers, especially climatologists.
Electrons on the brink: Fractal patterns may be key to semiconductor magnetism (w/ Video)
Feb 05, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as the heartbeats of today's electronic devices depend on the ability to switch the flow of electricity in semiconductors on and off with lightning speed, the viability of the "spintronic" ...
Cars of the future could be powered by their bodywork thanks to new battery technology
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Parts of a car's bodywork could one day double up as its battery, according to the scientists behind a new €3.4 million project announced today.
'Nanobubbles' kill cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using lasers and nanoparticles, scientists at Rice University have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions. The scientists used lasers ...
'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock (w/ Video)
Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most ...
New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes (w/ Video)
Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled ...
'Zen' bats hit their target by not aiming at it (w/ Video)
Feb 04, 2010 |
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New research conducted at the University of Maryland's bat lab shows Egyptian fruit bats find a target by NOT aiming their guiding sonar directly at it. Instead, they alternately point the sound beam to either ...
