Six years on from the devastating 7/7 London bombings and in the wake of the inquest into the attacks, a special issue of the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE, explores new research into our collective memories of ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2011
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For the visually impaired, navigating city streets or neighborhoods has constant challenges. And most such people still must rely on a very rudimentary technology -- a simple cane -- to help them make their way through a ...
Engineering
May 25, 2011
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Engineers investigating "listener fatigue" -- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound--have found not only what ...
Engineering
May 17, 2011
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Pull into the auto repair shop with a smashed bumper, and there's no wait while they order a replacement. Instead, the technician downloads specifications from the manufacturer's database. You both watch as a laser beam probing ...
Materials Science
Apr 27, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are making progress in their quest to find an improved antibiotic for a strain of meningitis that results in over half a million deaths a year worldwide. The fungal disease Cryptococcal Meningitis ...
Biochemistry
Apr 11, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University at Albany scientist's research in African chimpanzee populations may provide new insights into the natural history of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz), and the origins of HIV-AIDS.
Biotechnology
Mar 29, 2011
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As the mobile world booms with complex technological smartphones and tablets, two rival firms are carving up a growing but largely ignored market for the elderly.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 17, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the CIBC Centre in Human Capital and Productivity at The University of Western Ontario shows parental income is a much stronger determinant of post-secondary attendance in the U.S. than ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2011
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The virus that causes AIDS is chameleon-like in its replication. As HIV copies itself in humans, it constantly mutates into forms that can evade even the best cocktail of current therapies. Understanding exactly how HIV cells ...
Biochemistry
Dec 15, 2010
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(AP) -- Blind and deaf people soon will be able to more easily use smart phones, the Internet and other technologies that have become staples of life and the workplace.
Other
Oct 8, 2010
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