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Guideline: Kids with small head size at risk of neurologic problems, screening needed

A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly that is, children whose head size is smaller than that of 97 ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Google project's success is up to Kansas City

Kansas City, beware the story of Vilnius.

Technology / Telecom

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New microscope may take the 'ouch' out of blood tests

If the sight of a needle makes you squeamish, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are developing a new optical microscope for viewing blood cells that could do away with conventional ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

Individual homes and entire neighborhoods could be powered with a new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system that achieves up to 57 percent efficiency, significantly higher than the 30 to 50 percent efficiencies ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Got nectar? To hawkmoths, humidity is a cue

(Phys.org) -- Humidity emanating from a flower's nectar stores tells a moth if the flower is worth a visit, research led by a UA entomologist has discovered.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fabrication of new elastic 'soft capsule' using nano-sized flakes

A research group headed by MANA Scientist Dr. Qingmin Ji of the National Institute for Materials Science (Japan), in joint study with Prof. Frank Caruso of the University of Melbourne, developed a new elastic ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anthropologists find American heads are getting larger

White Americans' heads are getting bigger. That's according to research by forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 17

Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery

Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

NHK shows downsized Super Hi-Vision video camera

(Phys.org) -- NHK this week placed on exhibit a shoulder-mount camera, developed in cooperation with Hitachi, capable of shooting what NHK calls super high vision (SHV) video in 7680×4320 resolution. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Change in developmental timing was crucial in the evolutionary shift from dinosaurs to birds: study

At first glance, it's hard to see how a common house sparrow and a Tyrannosaurus Rex might have anything in common. After all, one is a bird that weighs less than an ounce, and the other is a dinosaur that ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Burmese cats to benefit from genetic test for newly discovered mutation

Burmese cats can inherit a muscle weakness, called Burmese hypokalaemia, which is caused by low levels of blood potassium.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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