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Safety board issues wake-up call on sleep disorder

(AP) -- Safety investigators have sent government agencies a wake-up call about sleep apnea, a disorder that's showing up in a wide range of transportation accidents.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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More companies turning to universities to educate workforce, study shows

(Phys.org) -- The partnership of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with American Public University to provide online college degree programs to Walmart’s U.S. workforce has generated skepticism among some in academia.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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

Study finds emissions from widely used cookstoves vary with use

The smoke rising from a cookstove fills the air with the tantalizing aroma of dinner – and a cloud of pollutants and particles that threaten both health and the environment. How families in developing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 1 / 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

A wake-up call for manufacturing

(Phys.org) -- U.S. factories produce about 75 percent of what the country consumes, but the right decisions by both business and political leaders could push that to 95 percent, say University of Michigan researchers.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Malware intelligence system enables organizations to share threat information

As malware threats expand into new domains and increasingly focus on industrial espionage, Georgia Tech researchers are launching a new weapon to help battle the threats: a malware intelligence system that ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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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

TV maker Vizio turns to computers, takes on Apple, Dell and HP

Vizio is no stranger to defying the odds. The once little-known company came from practically nowhere to become one of the USA's biggest TV makers, wresting the title from the top electronics companies, including Sony. Its ...

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Researchers develop food aid decision-making tool

Shipping food to foreign countries may not always be the best response to food crises; sometimes sending cash or procuring goods locally is cheaper, faster and more effective.

Other Sciences / Other

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