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Developing robots for the hospital emergency room

Are you ready for robots in the ER?

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cell phones help save the lives of mothers, infants and children

Simple mobile technology, like basic cell phones, can be used to save the lives of mothers in childbirth, and improve the care of newborns and children, reaching underserved populations in remote areas.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hardship and human rights violations continue among Burma cyclone survivors

The survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) in May 2008, continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives, in lack of access to relief and reconstruction efforts, and in violations of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Main federal disaster relief law has fallen behind modern threat levels, study finds

In new research published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, New York University Professor Mitchell Moss explains that the cornerstone Federal disaster relief legislation, the Robert T. Stafford Act, i ...

Other Sciences / Other

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




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Freecycling has viral effect on community spirit and generosity

The results, published earlier this month in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly, may help explain why a growing number of recession-weary Americans are participating less in monetary-based consumerism in favor ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Researchers develop nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'building blocks'

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Called single-stranded ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Livestock industry beefs up Illinois's economy

A recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their importance to the state. The ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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

Geological record shows air up there came from below

(Phys.org) -- The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop food aid decision-making tool

Shipping food to foreign countries may not always be the best response to food crises; sometimes sending cash or procuring goods locally is cheaper, faster and more effective.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Richer parasite diversity leads to healthier frogs: study

Increases in the diversity of parasites that attack amphibians cause a decrease in the infection success rate of virulent parasites, including one that causes malformed limbs and premature death, says a new University of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Australian authorities race to drifting ship

Australian authorities were racing to secure a cargo ship drifting off the Great Barrier Reef, with one expert saying it was "sheer luck" it had not hit a reef near the World Heritage-listed site.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Troubled freighter drifts toward Great Barrier Reef

A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Brainput system takes some brain strain off multi-taskers

(Phys.org) -- A research team made up of members from Indiana University, Tufts and MIT and led by Erin Treacy Solovey, a has built a brain monitoring system that offloads some of the computer related activities ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Shining light on cells' inner workings

(Phys.org) -- Lanrong Bi and Nazmiye Yapici are shining new light on the hidden processes within cells. For their groundbreaking research, Bi, an assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan Technological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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