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One of a number of seemingly implausible features of dark energy is that its density is assumed to be constant over time. So, even though the universe expands over time, dark energy does not become diluted, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Stealth unmanned combat vehicle makes first flight

Looking like something straight from a 1950’s science fiction magazine, the stealthy Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on April 27, 2011 at NASA’s ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

J&J, FDA leaders take heat for 'phantom' recall

(AP) -- Johnson & Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for a secret recall in which hired contractors quietly bought up defective painkillers to clear ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Phantom limbs more common than previously thought

After the loss of a limb, most patients experience the feeling of a phantom limb - the vivid illusion that the amputated arm or leg is still present. Damage to the nervous system, such as stroke, may cause similar illusions ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Boeing Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Unmanned Phantom Eye Aircraft

The Boeing Company today unveiled the hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system, a demonstrator that will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus

About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person "hears" sounds, such as ringing, that don't actually exist. There isn't a cure for ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft makes its debut

After only two years of development, the Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) was unveiled at a ceremony in St. Louis on May 10. Built by Boeing in St. Louis, the sleek, fighter-sized UAS combines survivability ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

New measurement technique will help in fight against cancer

A new technique to catch cancer early has taken an important step forward thanks to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). NPL's 'phantoms' will ensure an exciting new screening technique can be relied upon ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing is relieving: New hope for chronic pain sufferers

An f1000 evaluation examines how pain relief improves greatly when the sufferer can actually see the area where the pain is occurring.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Phantom limbs learn impossible tricks

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that body images can be formed independently of external sensory inputs, and that the phantom limbs of amputees can be trained to carry out tasks that would be impossible ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 weblog

Robotic Hand That Senses Touch (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy, the Smart Hand project has given patient, Robin af Ekenstam (see video) the sense of touch in ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 10 weblog

Fake Astronaut Gets Hit by Artificial Solar Flare

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1972, Apollo astronauts narrowly escaped a potential catastrophe. On August 2nd of that year, a large and angry sunspot appeared and began to erupt, over and over again for more than a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Study shows brain activity associated with phantom limbs

Geneva, Switzerland - March 25, 2009 - Phantom limbs, often described after amputation, are also experienced as an extra limb in patients who are paralyzed on one side following a stroke. Referred to as supernumerary phantom ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Electromagnetic Phantom Exorcises Specters of Metal Detector Tests

In the comics, the Phantom is a masked crimefighter who protected the innocent from pirates, hijackers and other evildoers. While not as dashing or exciting as its costumed namesake, this electromagnetic phantom ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1