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Next generation hard drives may store 10 terabits per sq inch: research

(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of today's hard disks use perpendicular recording, which means their storage densities are limited to a few hundred gigabytes per square inch. Scientists have for some time been ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (31) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Study of lice DNA shows humans first wore clothes 170,000 years ago

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Florida study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 93 | with audio podcast

How the seahorse might have got its shape

(PhysOrg.com) -- The shape of the seahorse has long baffled marine scientists, but new research suggests the seahorse’s unique shape may have evolved to allow it to catch its food when it was further ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Bonobos say no by shaking their heads

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists report having observed and filmed bonobos (also known as pygmy chimpanzees) shaking their heads to say “no” to prevent an unwanted behavior in another animal. Bonobos have never ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

Sony says it will start selling a head mounted display that provides a 3-D theater of music videos, movies and games, targeting people who prefer solitary entertainment rather than sitting in front of a TV ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9

How blast waves cause human brain injury even without direct head impacts?

New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design.

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Nanoparticle-delivered RNA interference drug stops head and neck cancer growth

(Phys.org) -- A nanoparticle drug delivery vehicle for small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA), that is already being tested in human clinical trials, now shows promise for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Dong Shin, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Google rumored to have built Heads-Up-Display glasses prototype

(PhysOrg.com) -- 9to5Google is reporting that they have received a tip from someone they believe to be a reliable source saying that Google is working on a Heads-Up-Display (HUD) pair of eye-glasses. The per ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Montpellier team turns tables on robot-human interactions (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have entered a newer phase of serving, not obeying. for use in medical settings. Chapter one in robotics history encouraged a perception of clever little machines skating around with ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Early sunflower family fossil found in South America

(PhysOrg.com) -- A beautifully preserved fossil identified as being of an early relative of the Asteraceae, or aster, family nearly 50 million years old suggests the plant family, which has now colonized much ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

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

Scientists reveal genetic mutation depicted in van Gogh's sunflower paintings

In addition to being among his most vibrant and celebrated works, Vincent van Gogh's series of sunflower paintings also depict a mutation whose genetic basis has, until now, been a bit of a mystery.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Google patent sends ring signals to Project Glass

(Phys.org) -- Google's September 2011 patent that was filed for a wearable display device was granted this week, which suggests that its envisioned heads-up display device can be controlled by infrared markers ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Head movement is more important than gender in nonverbal communication (w/Video)

It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use when they talk with each ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The LouseBuster returns

Four years after the LouseBuster prototype made headlines when research showed the chemical-free, warm-air device wiped out head lice on children, a new study reveals that a revamped, government-cleared mode ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Head

In anatomy, the head of an animal is the rostral part (from anatomical position) that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose and mouth (all of which aid in various sensory functions, such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste). Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do.

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