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'Cradle of Hope' earns patent for FSU creators

An alumna of the interior design program and a facilities engineer from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at The Florida State University have received a patent for their prototype of a portable ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sound bullets could treat cancers and replace ultrasound (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acoustic devices are used in a range of applications such as ultrasound scanners, but their performance is limited for some uses by their inaccurate focusing and low focal power. Now a group ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report




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A practical guide to green products and services

A new report published today by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides key information for policy makers and business managers on how to assess the environmental impacts ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Redefining archaeological research

Gently cradling a 5,000-year-old cuneiform clay tablet from Ur (modern day Iraq), Andrew Nelson wishes he could peel back the layers to find out what makes up this first-generation iPad. And thanks to a new ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mini-projector for smartphones

Their very small displays sometimes make smartphones diffi cult to operate. In the future, a projector will help: if the cell phone is standing on a table, for instance, it can project a large-format display ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NREL develops more precise look at cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions for energy technologies

(Phys.org) -- A new approach to assessing greenhouse-gas emissions from coal, wind, solar and other energy technologies paints a much more precise picture of cradle-to-grave emissions and should help sharpen decisions on ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rare turtles returned to the Philippines

Thirty-one live turtles, including some rare species, that were smuggled to Hong Kong were flown back to the Philippines on Friday but five others did not live to make the trip, an official said.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A sea of challenges for the Mediterranean Sea

Cradle of great ancient civilizations, superhighway for trade and transport, treasure-trove of biodiversity, the Mediterranean -- the world's best known sea -- faces a sea of challenges in the 21st century, including climate ch ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research suggests European Neandertals were almost extinct long before humans showed up

Western Europe has long been held to be the "cradle" of Neandertal evolution since many of the earliest discoveries were from sites in this region. But when Neandertals started disappearing around 30,000 years ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Beach replenishment a tough issue in Florida

(AP) -- The St. Joseph Peninsula is picture-perfect Florida: 17 miles of sugar sand beach interrupted by a few clusters of homes, each with a million-dollar view of the Gulf of Mexico.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Overfishing leaves swaths of Mediterranean barren

Centuries of overexploitation of fish and other marine resources — as well as invasion of fish from the Red Sea — have turned some formerly healthy ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea into barren places, an unprecedented ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Plug 'leaks,' create 'cradle to career' education system to meet world challenges: Top US educator

Plugging major "leaks" of students exiting formal education prematurely is a top priority in all countries -- developed and developing alike -- to successfully address a suite of problems confronting humanity in decades to ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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