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Pulling together increases your pain threshold

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of Oxford rowers shows that members of a team who exercise together are able to tolerate twice as much pain as when they train on their own.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Training cells to perform boolean functions? It's logical

(Phys.org) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs. This feat, published in the May issue of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biochip-based device for cell analysis

(Phys.org) -- Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

SpotterRF debuts Radar Backpack Kit (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- SpotterRF has announced a special radar backpack kit designed to enhance situational awareness for soldiers on the ground. The company says its special radar is designed for warfighters as part ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Robotics: Gesturing for control

New intelligent algorithms could help robots to quickly recognize and respond to human gestures. Researchers at A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore have created a computer program which recognises ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robot monitors toxic red tides

A robotic device suspended under the ocean surface from a buoy off the New Hampshire coast is monitoring seawater for evidence of the red tide, clusters of microscopic plants that release toxins into fish ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How ion bombardment reshapes metal surfaces

To modify a metal surface at the scale of atoms and molecules — for instance to refine the wiring in computer chips or the reflective silver in optical components — manufacturers shower it with ions. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wearing two different hats: Moral decisions may depend on the situation

An individual's sense of right or wrong may change depending on their activities at the time – and they may not be aware of their own shifting moral integrity — according to a new study looking at why people make ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sequence it ... and they will come

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. This ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Study finds low agreeableness linked to a preference for aggressive dogs

A study carried out at the University of Leicester's School of Psychology has found that younger people who are disagreeable are more likely to prefer aggressive dogs, confirming the conventional wisdom that dogs match the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seeing color traced back to genetic mutations

From the inside of our heads, it feels as if colors are intrinsic aspects of the outside world and our eyes are beautifully designed to see them. But we humans are merely sampling the possible ways of sensing the spectrum ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 4


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