Archive: 09/04/2008
Keeping an eye on intruders
Electronic fingerprinting, iris scans, and signature recognition software are all becoming commonplace biometrics for user authentication and security. However, they all suffer from one major drawback - they can be spoofed ...
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Butterfly wings may help scientists better understand photonic crystals
As technology moves forward, many scientists are looking to nature to find inspiration for the development of advanced materials that can have a variety of practical applications.
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Hallucinations in the flash of an eye
Dominic H. ffytche at the Institute of Psychiatry in London reviews what we do know and moves the field forward, by introducing a new experimental approach to studying hallucinations as they occur.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Sharp Adds the D65U and D85U Series to Their AQUOS Line
Sharp, a worldwide leader in flat panel LCD's, expands their widescreen, full HD 1080p line of AQUOS LCD TVs with the attractive D65U and D85U series. Both the D65U and D85U feature a slim design and breathtaking ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Defibrillators save lives, don't diminish quality of life
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among patients with heart failure, and they do so without significantly altering a person's quality of life, say researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 04, 2008 |
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NC State first university in nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants
Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow ...
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Interactivity means more activity for students
The British government has invested more money in Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) in its schools than any other government in the world. But is this huge investment worth it? Have the new data projection technologies allowed ...
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases
In a collaborative study at the University of California, San Diego, investigators from neurosciences, chemistry and medicine, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have investigated how proteins ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Natural childbirth makes mothers more responsive to own baby-cry
A new study has found that mothers who delivered vaginally compared to caesarean section delivery (CSD) were significantly more responsive to the cry of their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 04, 2008 |
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