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From Bullying to Relationships: Mapping Our Online Communications
January 19, 2013 When we typically think of kids who are the victims of school bullying, what comes to mind are isolated youth who do not fit in. A new study, however, shows that when that harassment occurs online, ... > full story -
Handheld Mobile Device Performs Laboratory-Quality HIV Testing
January 18, 2013 A new handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records. This technology takes a step ... > full story -
Potential to Prevent, Reverse Disabilities in Children Born Prematurely, Study Suggests
January 17, 2013 Researchers report for the first time that low blood and oxygen flow to the developing brain does not, as previously thought, cause an irreversible loss of brain cells, but rather disrupts the cells' ... > full story -
Novel Sensor Provides Bigger Picture: Efficient, Flexible, Versatile and Cheap
January 17, 2013 Engineers have developed a novel sensor that is more efficient, versatile and cheaper for potential use in such applications as airport security scanners and collision avoidance systems for aircraft, ... > full story -
Vulnerabilities in Security of Personal Genetic Information
January 17, 2013 Using only a computer, an Internet connection, and publicly accessible online resources, researchers have been able to identify nearly 50 individuals who had submitted personal genetic material as ... > full story -
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Engineers Less Empathetic Than Students in Caring Professions, Study Suggests
January 17, 2013 Are engineering students less empathetic than students in the caring professions? Yes, according to a new ... > full story -
Slower Growth of Preterm Infants Linked to Altered Brain Development
January 16, 2013 Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due dates also have slower development in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex, report ... > full story -
Iron Chelation Drug Used to Treat Rare, Devastating Neurodegenerative Disease in Children
January 16, 2013 A promising pilot study of deferiprone for the treatment of the neurodegenerative disorder, PKAN, leads to an international trial with potential implications for Parkinson’s and other ... > full story -
Mathematical Breakthrough Sets out Rules for More Effective Teleportation
January 16, 2013 Theoretical physicists have shown that quantum law of 'entanglement' may hold the key to eventual teleportation of quantum information. Now, for the first time, researchers have worked out how ... > full story -
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Robot Allows 'Remote Presence' in Programming Brain and Spine Stimulators
January 16, 2013 With the rapidly expanding use of brain and spinal cord stimulation therapy (neuromodulation), new "remote presence" technologies may help to meet the demand for experts to perform stimulator ... > full story
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