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  Protein Responsible for 'Bad' Blood Vessel Growth Discovered

  July 17, 2013 — The discovery of a protein that encourages blood vessel growth, and especially "bad" blood vessels -- the kind that characterize diseases as diverse as cancer, age-related macular degeneration and ... > full story
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  Cost of Treating Dizziness in the Emergency Room Soars

  July 17, 2013 — Emergency room visits for severe dizziness have grown exponentially in recent years, with costs topping $3.9 billion in 2011 and projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2015. The investigators say ... > full story
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  Eye-Tracking Could Outshine Passwords If Made User-Friendly

  July 16, 2013 — Engineers found in a recent study that the user's experience could be key to creating an authentication system that doesn't rely on ... > full story
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  Engineers Test Microelectronic Cooling System in Zero Gravity on Board the Novespace Airbus

  July 10, 2013 — Three years of preparation supported by NASA paid off this June for researchers who conducted experiments while floating weightless on a Novespace & European Space Agency (ESA) ... > full story
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  How Well Can You See With Your Ears? Device Offers New Alternative to Blind People

  July 8, 2013 — A device that trains the brain to turn sounds into images could be used as an alternative to invasive treatment for blind and partially-sighted people, researchers have ... > full story
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  Brain and Eye Combined Monitoring Breakthrough Could Lead to Fewer Road Accidents

  July 8, 2013 — Latest advances in capturing data on brain activity and eye movement are being combined to open up a host of 'mindreading' possibilities for the future. These include the potential development of a ... > full story
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  Seeing Sea Stars: The Missing Link in Eye Evolution?

  July 5, 2013 — A study has shown for the first time that sea stars (also known as starfish) use primitive eyes at the tip of their arms to visually navigate their environment. New research has shown that sea star ... > full story
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  Computer Programs Improve Fingerprint Grading

  July 3, 2013 — Subjectivity is problematic when evaluating fingerprints, and quality is in the eye of the examiner. But three computer programs used together can give fingerprint grading unprecedented consistency ... > full story
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  Seeing Cilia: Lighting the Dark

  July 2, 2013 — Tagging a protein only found in cilia with a fluorescent protein (GFP) enables us to see the intricate working of cilia in live ... > full story
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  Scientists Help Explain Visual System's Remarkable Ability to Recognize Complex Objects

  July 2, 2013 — How is it possible for a human eye to figure out letters that are twisted and looped in crazy directions, like those in the little security test internet users are often given on websites? It seems ... > full story

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