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PC Program May Help Teach New Surgeons
September 22, 2008 New computer game technology can help educate otolaryngology medical students who don't have any anatomical knowledge or surgical experience, according to new ... > full story -
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Easier-to-hit 'Targets' Could Help Older People Make The Most Of Computers
September 20, 2008 Older people could make better use of computers if icons, links and menu headings automatically grew bigger as the cursor moves towards ... > full story -
Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests
September 20, 2008 Researchers have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture in prehistory took much longer than originally ... > full story -
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From Xbox To T-cells: Borrowing Video Game Technology To Model Human Biology
September 18, 2008 Researchers are harnessing the computing muscle behind the leading video games to understand the most intricate of real-life ... > full story -
Math Model Shows McCain Ahead By As Many As 27 Electoral College Votes
September 17, 2008 A new approach to determining who will win the most electoral votes in the US Presidential race factors in lessons learned from the 2004 election and uses sophisticated math modeling. The research ... > full story -
Watch And Learn: Time Teaches Us How To Recognize Visual Objects
September 17, 2008 In work that could aid efforts to develop more brain-like computer vision systems, MIT neuroscientists have tricked the visual brain into confusing one object with another, thereby demonstrating that ... > full story -
Automated System Provides Early Warning Of Natural Disasters
September 16, 2008 When disaster threatens, the first hours are crucial. Researchers have developed an automated system to provide early detection, forecasting, and warning of natural disasters such as floods and ... > full story -
Pervasive Games Promise To Spice Up Daily Life
September 16, 2008 In the movie The Game, the character is hounded by villains and left for dead in Mexico in an intense version of an alternative reality game. Minus the Hollywood bravado, games that merge the virtual ... > full story -
Moving Quarks Help Solve Proton Spin Puzzle
September 16, 2008 New theory work at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has shown that more than half of the spin of the proton is the result of the movement of its building ... > full story -
Aerobic Exercise For The Wheelchair-bound
September 15, 2008 Simple exercise machine makes it fun for wheelchair users to fight high obesity, diabetes and heart disease ... > full story -
Putting A 'Korset' On The Spread Of Computer Viruses: Invention Stays One Step Ahead Of Anti-virus Software
September 15, 2008 Anti-virus companies play a losing game. Casting their nets wide, they catch common, malicious viruses and worms, but it may take days before their software updates can prepare your computer for the ... > full story -
World-first To Predict Premature Births
September 15, 2008 Australian researchers and a pathology company have joined forces to develop a world-first computerized system which may reveal a way to predict premature birth with greater ... > full story
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