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Locate and guide function for the human symbiotic robot 'EMIEW2'

Hitachi announced the addition of a new feature to the human symbiotic robot, EMIEW2, where when asked the location of an object, is now able to smoothly guide the enquirer to the location of the object after ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Astronomers reveal a cosmic 'axis of evil'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers are puzzled by the announcement that the masses of the largest objects in the Universe appear to depend on which method is used to weigh them. The new work was presented at a specialist ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

LOFAR creates deeper images of universe than ever before

An international team led by astronomers at ASTRON and the Kapteyn Institute of the University of Groningen have used the LOFAR telescope, designed and constructed by ASTRON, to make the deepest wide-field ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Powerful 3-D X-rays for kids in braces should be the exception, not the rule

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some orthodontists may be exposing young patients to unnecessary radiation when they order 3-D X-ray imaging for simple orthodontic cases before considering traditional 2-D imaging, suggests a paper published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging

Spotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor and is traveling through the bloodstream to colonize a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack. But a new imaging technique ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicist makes new high-res panorama of Milky Way

Cobbling together 3000 individual photographs, a physicist has made a new high-resolution panoramic image of the full night sky, with the Milky Way galaxy as its centerpiece. Axel Mellinger, a professor at ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Twinkling Nanostars Improve Optical Imaging of Tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging. The nanostars gyrate when exposed to a rotating magnetic field and ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1