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• Skin Cancer
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Vitamin D
  Skin Care
  Children's Health
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Trial Shows Effectiveness of Low-Cost Intervention to Improve Sun Protection

  September 24, 2012 — A double-blind randomized clinical trial of mailed sun protection packets led to higher frequency of sun protective behaviors including the use of long clothing, hats, shade, sunscreen, and midday ... > full story
• NASA
  Space Missions
  Aviation
  Robotics Research
  Space Station
  Space Exploration
   
  

  NASA's Orion Spacecraft: Crew Access Arm Reaches for New and Heritage Technologies

  September 24, 2012 — NASA Kennedy Space Center's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program engineers in Florida are combining heritage technology and new innovations to design the crew access arm for the tower on ... > full story
• Stem Cells
  Biotechnology
  Lymphoma
  Lung Cancer
  Developmental Biology
  Cancer
   

  First-Ever Imaging of Cells Growing on Spherical Surfaces

  September 21, 2012 — The potential biomedical applications of the researchers' technique include new strategies and devices for the early detection and isolation of cancer cells, facilitating new methods of treating ... > full story
• Perception
  Acoustics
  Gender Difference
  Spirituality
  Ultrasound
  Engineering
   

  'He Says, She Says': How Characteristics of Automated Voice Systems Affect Users' Experience

  September 21, 2012 — Human factors/ergonomics researchers have studied how the gender and tone selected for an interactive voice response system, or IVR, affects its ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Brain Injury
  Neuroscience
  Brain Tumor
  Dementia
  Intelligence
   

  Brain: Multiple Contacts Are Key to Synapse Formation

  September 21, 2012 — Multiple synaptic contacts between nerve cells facilitate the creation of a new contact, as neuroscientists report. An integral mechanism of memory foundation is the formation of additional contacts ... > full story
• NASA
  Space Station
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
   
  

  NASA App Features Inflatable Spacecraft for Returning Station Cargo

  September 20, 2012 — Want to try your hand at landing an inflatable spacecraft? All you need is a smart phone, a computer or a ... > full story
• Computer Science
  Computer Programming
  Computer Modeling
  Hacking
  Information Technology
  Distributed Computing
   

  Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats

  September 20, 2012 — Computer scientists have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in a virtual network to monitor another for intrusions, viruses or other kinds of ... > full story
• Microarrays
  Optics
  Information Technology
  Materials Science
  Computer Science
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Optical Waveguide Connects Semiconductor Chips: Photonic Wire Bond Transmits Data in the Terabit Range

  September 20, 2012 — A team of researchers has succeeded in developing a novel optical connection between semiconductor chips. "Photonic wire bonding" reaches data transmission rates in the range of several terabits per ... > full story
• Spintronics
  Spintronics Research
  Quantum Physics
  Physics
  Quantum Computers
  Graphene
   
  

  Single-Atom Writer a Landmark for Quantum Computing

  September 19, 2012 — Engineers have created the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future. Scientists were able to both read and write ... > full story
• Optics
  Mobile Computing
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Nanotechnology
  Photography
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Revolutionary Ultrathin, Flat Lens: Smartphones as Thin as a Credit Card?

  September 19, 2012 — Scientists are reporting development of a revolutionary new lens -- flat, distortion-free, so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair -- capable in the future of ... > full story

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