
First Ever Underwater University Lectures
Students at the University
of Essex have taken their
lectures to a whole new
level -- 18 metres under the
sea in remote Indonesia to
be precise. ... > full story

'Invisibility Cloak' for Thermal Flow Constructed
By means of special
metamaterials, light and
sound can be passed around
objects. Researchers have
now succeeded in
demonstrating that the same
... > full story

Individual Brain Cells Track Where We Are and How We Move
Researchers have gained new
insights into how our brains
form maps of our
environment. They found that
special cells can note
either a fixed location, or
... > full story

3-D Simulation Shows How Form of Complex Organs Evolves by Natural Selection
Researchers have developed
the first three-dimensional
simulation of the evolution
of morphology by integrating
the mechanisms of genetic re ... > full story
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War Spawns New Approaches for Wounded Service Members' Pain Care
May 11, 2013 Better body armor and rapid aeromedical evacuations enable American service members to survive blasts that would have proved fatal in Vietnam or even the first Gulf War, but they pose new challenges ... > full story -
Optimal Workout Partner Encourages Less to Motivate More
May 7, 2013 The best workout partner may be one who understands that silence is golden, according to a new ... > full story -
Bonding With Your Virtual Self May Alter Your Actual Perceptions
May 2, 2013 When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to ... > full story -
Gentle Touch and the Bionic Eye: Using Haptics to Improve Outcomes for People Given Visual Prosthetics
May 1, 2013 Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development. Training with haptic, touch, technology could improve outcomes for the blind ... > full story -
How to Spot Liars in Official Interviews
April 30, 2013 A way to improve detection rates in police interviews has been discovered by researchers following a mock terrorism scenario where suspects plotted to blow up a ... > full story -
Personalized Leadership Key for Keeping Globally Distributed Teams on Task
April 29, 2013 Companies with employees located around the globe can mitigate their isolation by taking a relationship-based approach in the form of a "leader-member exchange," professor ... > full story -
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Modeling Disease Spread, Including Flu
April 29, 2013 A collaborative research network that formed nearly 10 years ago has pioneered the use of computational and mathematical models to prepare for, detect and respond to influenza, pertussis, West Nile ... > full story -
Leadership Emerges Spontaneously During Games
April 29, 2013 Video game and augmented-reality game players can spontaneously build virtual teams and leadership structures without special tools or guidance, according to ... > full story -
Weight Loss Programs Via Virtual Reality
April 26, 2013 There are many barriers that can interfere with weight loss. For those attending face-to-face weight loss programs, barriers can include travel, conflict with work and home, need for childcare, and ... > full story -
High-Volume Bitcoin Exchanges Less Likely to Fail, but More Likely Breached, Says Study
April 24, 2013 Online exchanges that trade hard currency for the cyber money Bitcoin have a 45 percent chance of failing -- often taking customer money with them. A new empirical study into the closure of Bitcoin ... > full story
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