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  Mobile LIDAR Technology Expanding Rapidly

  March 15, 2013 — A new report on the uses and current technology of mobile LIDAR has just been completed and will help more managers and experts understand, use and take advantage of this science that promises to ... > full story
• Video Games
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  Video Game 'Exercise' for an Hour a Day May Enhance Certain Cognitive Skills

  March 13, 2013 — Playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes to those involved in the game, according to new ... > full story
• Educational Psychology
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  Events in the Future Seem Closer Than Those in the Past

  March 13, 2013 — Time flies, marches on, and flows like a river -- our descriptions of time are closely linked to our experiences of moving through space. Now, new research suggests that the illusions that influence ... > full story
• Engineering
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  3-D Printer, 'Bio-Ink' to Create Human Organs

  March 8, 2013 — Engineers are working on 3D printing technology with a long-term goal of printing a human ... > full story
• Disability
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  Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton to Help Disabled People Walk Again

  March 7, 2013 — Every year thousands of people are paralyzed by a spinal cord injury. Many are young adults, facing the rest of their lives confined to a wheelchair. Although no medical cure currently exists, in the ... > full story
• Social Psychology
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  Ostracism Cuts Both Ways: Hurting Someone Else Can Hurt the One Who Inflicts Pain Just as Much

  March 5, 2013 — If you think giving someone the cold shoulder inflicts pain only on them, beware. A new study shows that individuals who deliberately shun another person are equally distressed by the ... > full story
• Fitness
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  Human Metabolism in Health and Disease Mapped

  March 3, 2013 — Scientists have produced the most comprehensive virtual reconstruction of human metabolism to date. Scientists could use the model, known as Recon 2, to identify causes of and new treatments for ... > full story
• Software
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  New Technology for Animation Film Experts

  February 27, 2013 — Hollywood devotes great effort to chasing monsters through realistic-looking environments. Researchers have now developed a technology that greatly simplifies the production of such scenes. Actors' ... > full story
• Optics
  Stem Cells
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  Immune System
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  Researchers Test Holographic Technique for Restoring Vision

  February 26, 2013 — Researchers are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of developing a new strategy for bionic vision restoration. Computer-generated holography, they ... > full story
• Optics
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  Infrared Digital Holography Allows Firefighters to See Through Flames, Image Moving People

  February 26, 2013 — Firefighters now have a new tool that could help save lives. A team of researchers have developed a new technique using digital holography that can "see" people through intense flames -- the first ... > full story

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