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Magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection shows promise for gastric cancer

A prospective clinical trial from researchers in Japan shows magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection for large early gastric cancer to be a feasible and safe method in humans. Endoscopic submucosal dissection ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Scudder makes first observations of process linked to northern lights

(Phys.org) -- A University of Iowa researcher wants you to visualize a plate of spaghetti when you think of the northern lights.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The Sun's crowning glory

(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Studying slimy substances for a cleaner environment

Extracellular polymeric substances, or EPS, are the slimy material that bacteria excrete and surround themselves with as they form biofilms. EPS are mostly water (up to 95%), but the remaining ingredients ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seagate reaches 1 terabit per square inch milestone with new technology demonstration

Seagate has become the first hard drive maker to achieve the milestone storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits) per square inch, producing a demonstration of the technology that promises to double the storage capacity ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Mission to land on a comet

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoand land a probe on it, two firsts.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Helping robots hold on

Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Battered asteroid may have warm core

On July 10, 2010, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe flew by the asteroid 21 Lutetia, which at the time was the largest asteroid ever to have been visited by a spacecraft. The fly-by occurred 282 ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Image: Training for NEEMO, NASA extreme environment mission operations

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEEMO 15 Commander Shannon Walker (NASA) and fellow aquanaut David Saint-Jacques (Canadian Space Agency) use a small telescoping boom as a means of translating across a simulated asteroid ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jet packs rule, say deep-sea astronauts

Battery-powered jet packs are definitely the best part of tooling around on the ocean floor in practice drills for an eventual visit to an asteroid, an international crew of astronauts said Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

High-tech boom brings sense of deja vu in San Francisco

When Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey decided to start a new company last year, he bypassed Silicon Valley and set up shop in San Francisco.

Technology / Business

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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