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Software automatically transforms movie clips into comic strips

(PhysOrg.com) -- While some comics today are still drawn by hand, many modern cartoonists use a variety of digital tools to create comics. But even with the help of these tools, creating comics is a time-consuming ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Genetic signatures provide new direction in liver cancer

Results of an international clinical study conducted in Europe and the US presented today at the International Liver Congress 2010, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver in Vienna, Austria, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vet scientists' work on diagnostic, intervention tools for H1N1 helps human health lab, too

If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Warming could exceed 3.5 C, say climate scientists

Climate researchers said Thursday the planet could warm by more than 3.5 degrees Celsius (6.3 degrees Fahrenheit), boosting the risk of drought, flood and rising seas.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 46

Microfinance programs: Benefits not clear-cut, study shows

(Phys.org) -- Large-scale microfinance programs are widely used as a tool to fight poverty in developing countries, but a recent study by University of Notre Dame Economics Professor Joseph Kaboski and MIT colleague Robert ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Colors burst into contemporary architecture

White stopped being the official colour of architecture a while ago. New buildings have now been transformed and fragmented and they display movement and innovation thanks to the versatility of colour. This ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The secrets of the system

As the United States seeks to reinvigorate its job market and move past economic recession, MIT News examines manufacturing’s role in the country’s economic future through this series on work at the Institute ...

Technology / Software

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robots in the classroom

Tore Fløan smiles at me: “In the past we competed with European organizations, but now we have the Chinese breathing down our necks,” he says.

Electronics / Robotics

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

Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biologists use genetic analysis to pinpoint source of cheese contamination

By carefully analyzing the genetics of specific bacteria killers, a BYU research team has been able to pinpoint where cheese contamination starts.

Biology / Biotechnology

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

Study: Less-privileged women more likely to succeed in STEM fields

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers and educators have long tried to encourage young women to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, as career fields in an effort to address the shortage of females in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Semi-automated 'pathwalking' to build a protein model

A new semi-automated tool called pathwalking makes it possible to generate a "first draft" model of a protein fold taken from near-atomic resolution images of between three and six angstroms (Å), said researchers at ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers improve allocation of limited health care resources in resource-poor nations

In the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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