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Catching a Breath -- Wirelessly: Noninvasive Method to Watch for SIDS, Help Surgery Patients
September 19, 2011 — Engineers who built wireless networks that see through walls now are aiming the technology at a new goal: noninvasively measuring the breathing of surgery patients, adults with sleep apnea and babies ... > full story -
Sequencing 'Dark Matter' of Life: Elusive Genomes of Thousands of Bacteria Species Can Now Be Decoded
September 18, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new method to sequence and analyze the 'dark matter' of life -- the genomes of thousands of bacteria species previously beyond scientists' reach, from microorganisms that ... > full story -
Cancer Information on Wikipedia Is Accurate, but Not Very Readable, Study Finds
September 15, 2011 — It is a commonly held that information on Wikipedia should not be trusted, since it is written and edited by non-experts without professional oversight. But researchers have found differently, ... > full story -
Smartphone Battery Life Could Dramatically Improve With New Invention
September 15, 2011 — A new "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest ... > full story -
Social Media for Dementia Patients
September 15, 2011 — Research scientists in Norway are developing a "Facebook Light" -- with a user interface suitable for the elderly and people with dementia -- to promote important social contact. Both research and ... > full story -
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Two New Publications Provide a Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap and Reference Architecture
September 14, 2011 — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference ... > full story -
Does That Hurt? Objective Way to Measure Pain Being Developed
September 13, 2011 — Researchers have taken a first step toward developing a diagnostic tool that could eliminate a major hurdle in pain medicine -- the dependency on self-reporting to measure the presence or absence of ... > full story -
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Researchers Find Way to Measure Effect of Wi-Fi Attacks
September 12, 2011 — Researchers have developed a way to measure how badly a Wi-Fi network would be disrupted by different types of attacks -- a valuable tool for developing new security ... > full story -
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New Translator App Makes Sense of Foreign-Language Food Menus
September 8, 2011 — Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow ... > full story -
Scientists Probe Connection Between Sight and Touch in the Brain
September 8, 2011 — Scientists have discovered that as you look at an object, your brain not only processes what the object looks like, but remembers what it feels like to touch it as well. This connection is so strong ... > full story
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