Cellphone powers back pain chip in Taiwan
Taiwanese researchers have developed a chip to treat backpain that is powered by mobile phone, a member of the team said Friday.
Engineering
Nov 27, 2009
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Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique allows researchers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2009
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Cyborg beetles to be the US military's latest weapon (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to be remotely controlled.
Birds in captivity lose hippocampal mass
(PhysOrg.com) -- Being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume of the hippocampus by as much as 23 percent, according to a new Cornell study.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2009
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Company Claims ESLs to be the Future of Light Bulbs (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- While compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are currently the primary alternative to incandescent light bulbs, a company from Seattle predicts that its own novel light bulbs will eventually replace CFLs and LEDs. ...
Bladder cells feel stretch
Japanese research group led by Prof. Makoto Tominaga and Dr. Takaaki Sokabe (National Institute for Physiological Sciences: NIPS), and Prof. Masayuki Takeda, Dr. Isao Araki and Dr. Tsutomu Mochizuki (Yamanashi Univ.), found ...
Biochemistry
Aug 7, 2009
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Engineer: Computer learning, electrical stimulation offer hope for paralyzed
Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster.
Engineering
Mar 18, 2009
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