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Will 3-D printing launch a new industrial revolution?

Peter Schmitt, an MIT doctoral student, printed a clock in 2009. He didn't print an image of a clock on a piece of paper. He printed a three-dimensional clock -- an eight-inch diameter plastic timekeeping ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 56 | with audio podcast

A View From the Other Side: Dubai Plans to Cool Sizzling Sandy Beach

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dubai's out this world's Palazzo Versace located in the Culture Village has hired Hyder Consulting to use their innovative engineering talents to cool off the hotel/condominium resort's sizzling ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (28) | comments 11 weblog

Researchers develop better treatment for social fears

While just about all of us would admit to being shy from time to time in social situations, about one in 20 Australians suffer from an extreme form of shyness known as social phobia.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Certain psychiatric disorders linked with risky sexual behavior in teens

Although research has shown that teens with mental health disorders are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behaviors, like unprotected sex, a new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center suggests there ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cognitive therapy key to tackling depression

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of Western Ontario shows why people suffering from depression may have a far greater hope of finding lasting relief by receiving cognitive therapy, rather than simply taking ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

India's TCS announces 29 pct quarterly profit jump

India's biggest software services exporter, TCS, reported Friday that its quarterly net profit rose by 29 percent as the company sealed more deals in a better global business environment.

Technology / Business

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India's TCS quarterly profit jumps 21 percent

India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported Thursday its quarterly net profit jumped 21 percent, beating forecasts, as demand for outsourcing improved.

Technology / Business

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychiatrists evaluate patients through video uploads

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychiatrists can accurately assess a patient's mental health by viewing videotaped interviews that are sent to them for consultation and treatment recommendations, according to a new study by researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India takes US visa fee hike to WTO

India is challenging the United States at the World Trade Organisation over increased visa fees for skilled workers that have hit the country's flagship outsourcing firms, an official said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When adult patients have anxiety disorder, their children need help too

In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center have found that a family-based program reduced symptoms ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chinese video websites in court as industry grows

(AP) -- China's two biggest video websites are fighting in court over accusations they are misusing each other's programming as rivalry heats up in an industry that is luring viewers from bland state TV.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A plan for better banking: Researchers propose model of systemwide diversification

As much of the developed world continues to dig out from the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, a team of researchers at Harvard and in London has created a model of bank failure aimed at helping economies ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Measuring the road to mental health

(PhysOrg.com) -- Takuya Minami, assistant professor of counseling and applied psychology at Northeastern, is doing something that might have made even Dr. Freud blanch. Minami is trying to quantify how well ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

India's Wipro says third-quarter profits up 21 percent

Indian software exporter Wipro Ltd said Wednesday its consolidated third quarter net profit beat forecasts to rise 21 percent, lending further evidence to the sector's strong recovery.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Therapy can help even very distressed married couples, largest study finds

The largest, most comprehensive clinical trial of couple therapy ever conducted has found that therapy can help even very distressed married couples if both partners want to improve their marriage. The study also involved ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0