Archive: 10/02/2008
Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak'
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.
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Car or pedestrian -- How we can follow objects with our eyes
When an object moves fast, we follow it with our eyes: our brain correspondingly calculates the speed of the object and adapts our eye movement to it. This in itself is an enormous achievement, yet our brain can do even more ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Topsoil's limited turnover: A crisis in time
Topsoil does not last forever. Records show that topsoil erosion, accelerated by human civilization and conventional agricultural practices, has outpaced long-term soil production. Earth's continents are losing prime agricultural ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Critical mass in rare diseases -- an innovative Internet approach
The internet is emerging as a valuable tool for scientists to gather data for critical research into rare diseases. Disability researcher, Dr Helen Leonard, from Australia's Institute for Child Health Research, said its InterRett ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Specialty hospitals not more cost-efficient than full-service hospitals
One of the most notable recent developments in the U.S. hospital industry is the rapid rise of small hospitals specializing in cardiac, orthopedic, or surgical services which have tripled in number over the past 15 years. ...
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Pterodactyl-inspired robot to master air, ground and sea
Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students Andy Gedeon and Brian Roberts have reached back in time 115 million ...
Oct 02, 2008 |
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CSIRO's UltraBattery goes global in the auto sector
The CSIRO-invented UltraBattery is set to have a global impact on greenhouse gas emissions after Japan's Furukawa Battery Company, which has already begun production of the UltraBattery, and US manufacturer, East Penn, today ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Study examines how doctors discuss medical errors
We can learn from our mistakes, but how willing are we to talk about them? And what happens when those making mistakes are physicians, who are often expected to be infallible?
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Study tests impact of terror warnings on presidential race
Presidential candidates who play up the threat of terrorism to bolster votes may want to rethink their game plan. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates the war on terror has less impact on presidential ...
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Emissions rising faster this decade than last
The latest figures on the global carbon budget to be released in Washington and Paris indicate a four-fold increase in growth rate of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions since 2000.
Oct 02, 2008 |
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4 in 10 voters don't see either Obama or McCain health-care plan as better for them
As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® conducted a new survey focused on how ...
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Counterintuitive physics may help everyone drive home quicker
If you're trying to drive to a destination as quickly as possible, you might think that knowing the traffic conditions would help you choose the quickest route for yourself. Traffic reports and new GPS technologies ...
Oct 02, 2008 |
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A new dinosaur species, Pachyrhinosaur lakustai, unveiled from Pipestone Creek, Alberta, Canada
The fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. The animals are characterized by a bony frill on the back of the skull ornamented with smaller horns. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 02, 2008 |
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What is wild? Odor attraction among different wildtype Drosophila
Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) show a highly selective behavior towards odor stimuli. A series of behavioral studies showed that a single olfactory stimulus is often not sufficient for immediate attrac ...
Biology /
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Flexi display technology is now
Rigid television screens, bulky laptops and still image posters are to be a thing of the past as new research, published today, Thursday, 2 October, in the New Journal of Physics, heralds the beginning of a technological revolu ...
Oct 02, 2008 |
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