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New Study Shows RFID Significantly Improves Item-Level Inventory Accuracy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men Are More Accurate than Women When Hitting a Target with Force in the Dark

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be that men have evolved to be more accurate at hitting a target with a weapon in the dark than women? That’s the surprising question left after a recent small study of human biomechanics conducted ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

New computer program promises to be 'Rosetta Stone' for chemical names

In an advance that will help speed global development of new drugs and patenting of new commercial and industrial products, a scientist in New Mexico is reporting development of the first computer program ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Bad mood, better recall, researchers find

People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology

Sony Corporation today announced the development of a finger vein authentication technology called "mofiria." The user-friendly technology offers quick response and high accuracy and comes in a compact size ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

11-gauge needle better than 14-gauge in breast biopsy

Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast needle biopsy, a common minimally invasive biopsy method used in the US, is more effective with an 11-gauge needle than the 14-gauge needle decreasing a physician's chances of false-negative ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Precise orbit determination for Jason-1 satellite using on-board GPS data with centimeter-level accuracy

The Jason-1 satellite obits have been computed using the on-board GPS data and the SHORDE-III procedure. Various orbit validations, including comparison with the Precise Orbit Ephemeris produced by JPL, orbit overlaps, and ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0