News tagged with translation system

Health-care systems not using best evidence in decision-making

Health care systems around the world are failing to use evidence obtained through research when making decisions, causing inefficiencies and reduced quantity and quality of life, according to a leading expert in the field ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When it comes to the immune system, we're all more alike than previously thought, study finds

When it comes to the mechanics of the human immune system, we are all more alike than previously thought, according to a new study by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Implanted glucose sensor works for more than one year, could aid diabetes patients

Bioengineers developed an implantable glucose sensor and wireless telemetry system that continuously monitors tissue glucose and transmits the information to an external receiver. The paper, to be published in the July 28, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer automatically deciphers ancient language

In his 2002 book Lost Languages, Andrew Robinson, then the literary editor of the London Times' higher-education supplement, declared that "successful archaeological decipherment has turned out to require ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Gene change raises odds of mother-to-child HIV transmission

A correlation has been discovered between specific variants of the gene that codes for a key immune system protein, TLR9, and the risk of mother-to-child, or vertical, transmission of HIV. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers produce first Iraqi-to-English speech-to-speech translation app

Researchers at Jibbigo LLC and Carnegie Mellon University's International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT) have developed a new application for Apple's iPhone 3GS that performs speech-to-speech and ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon releases data on Haitian Creole to hasten development of translation tools

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have publicly released spoken and textual data they've compiled on Haitian Creole so that translation ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet set for change with non-English addresses

(AP) -- The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 31