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  New Research Shows What Raises and Lowers Blood Pressure: Cell Phones, Salt and Saying Om

  May 15, 2013 — Considered the "silent killer," high blood pressure affects approximately one billion people worldwide, including one in three adults in the United ... > full story
• Space Station
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Space Telescopes
  Space Probes
   
  

  Entrepreneur Giving Space Shuttle Truss New Uses

  May 14, 2013 — A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space shuttle engineer-turned-entrepreneur adapts it to everything from a solar-powered electric ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Privacy Issues
  Internet
  Hacking
  Encryption
  Communications
   

  IT Industry Ignores Silver Surfers at Its Peril: Design for Seniors to Tap Market, Industry Urged

  May 14, 2013 — Hardware and software vendors are foolish to ignore the needs of the growing population of older computer and information technology users, the so-called "silver surfers." US researchers offer ... > full story
• Technology
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  Aviation
  Biometric
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  Terahertz Technology: Seeing More With Less

  May 13, 2013 — Single-chip integration of the components needed for sending and receiving terahertz radiation should help applications in imaging and ... > full story
• Detectors
  Electronics
  Ultrasound
  Medical Technology
  Nature of Water
  Technology
   

  Micromachining: Inclinations Sounded out

  May 13, 2013 — A novel type of tilt sensor may extend the capabilities of ultrasonic devices already used in a range of ... > full story
• Behavior
  Intelligence
  Consumer Behavior
  Educational Psychology
  Dementia
  Psychology
   
  

  How Multitasking Can Improve Judgments

  May 13, 2013 — Multitasking does not always result in poor judgments. In fact, multitasking can improve performance -- provided that the task at hand can be best resolved by using a simpler, less demanding ... > full story
• Spintronics
  Spintronics Research
  Physics
  Graphene
  Medical Technology
  Quantum Physics
   
  

  Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection: Electron Spin Extended for Incredibly Tiny Magnetic Detectors

  May 10, 2013 — By extending the coherence time of electron states to over half a second, scientists have improved the performance of one of the most potent sensors of magnetic fields on the nanoscale -- a diamond ... > full story
• Spintronics
  Graphene
  Electronics
  Materials Science
  Organic Chemistry
  Technology
   
  

  New Magnetic Graphene May Revolutionize Electronics

  May 10, 2013 — Researchers have managed to give graphene magnetic properties. The breakthrough opens the door to the development of graphene-based spintronic devices, that is, devices based on the spin or rotation ... > full story
• Healthy Aging
  Gender Difference
  Public Health
  Parkinson's Research
  Racial Issues
  Elder Care
   
  

  Brain Diseases Affecting More People and Starting Earlier Than Ever Before

  May 10, 2013 — Scientists have found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people under 74 cannot be put down to the fact that we are living longer. The rise is because a higher ... > full story
• Privacy Issues
  Consumer Behavior
  Memory
  Psychology
  Perception
  Social Psychology
   

  After the Breakup in a Digital World: Purging Facebook of Painful Memories

  May 9, 2013 — The era is long gone when a romantic breakup meant ripped-up photos and burned love letters. Today, digital photos and emails can be quickly deleted but the proliferation of social media has made ... > full story

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