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NASA Asks Lehigh Engineering Students To Analyze Debris From Failed Columbia Shuttle
January 28, 2005 Every year, seniors in Lehigh University's Failure Analysis course peer through microscopes to learn the variety of ways in which different materials deform and crack. This spring, Lehigh's ... > full story -
Emory Begins NIH Study Using Virtual Reality Therapy For Back Pain
January 21, 2005 Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and Virtually Better, Inc., funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are testing the use of virtual reality therapy to find out if it can ... > full story -
Birth Simulator Helps Physicians I.D. Least Forceful Way To Manage Problem Deliveries
January 11, 2005 Johns Hopkins researchers, using a novel birthing simulator designed by biomedical engineering faculty, staff and students at the University, have identified what may be the least forceful way to ... > full story -
Student-Designed Wheelchair Makes It Easier For Athletes To Maneuver
December 19, 2004 Dribbling, passing and shooting could become much smoother moves for wheelchair basketball players if a student-designed chair featuring a hands-free braking and turning system makes its way to the ... > full story -
Chronic Back Pain Shrinks 'Thinking Parts' Of The Brain, Study Finds
November 23, 2004 Chronic back pain, a condition afflicting many Americans, shrinks the brain by as much as 11 percent -- equivalent to the amount of gray matter lost in 10 to 20 years of normal aging, a Northwestern ... > full story -
Study Helps Define Headaches Of Whiplash
November 23, 2004 If you happen to be looking left or right when your car is rear-ended, you could be lucky enough to avoid the headache of whiplash. A new study at the University of Alberta shows that whiplash ... > full story -
Scientific Paper Submitted From Space Focuses On Ultrasound Tests
November 10, 2004 A scientific manuscript submitted by International Space Station (ISS) astronauts while in space was published today. The research findings show minimally trained operators using remote guidance can ... > full story -
Fossil Suggests Long Neck Made This Reptile An Effective Predator
October 27, 2004 The well-preserved fossil of a newly discovered reptile species may explain the function of an extremely long neck—a feature for which some protorosaurs are known and which has puzzled ... > full story -
Neutron Activation Analyses Proves Oswald Acted Alone In JFK Assassination
October 25, 2004 Using neutron activation analyses and ballistic evidence, University of Rhode Island researchers argue that President John F. Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally were hit by two and only two ... > full story -
A Long-Necked Sea Predator From China Described In Science
September 24, 2004 Scientists have discovered a long-necked sea reptile with fangs that probably preyed on fish and squid in a shallow sea in present-day southeast China more than 230 million years ... > full story
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