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  Doctors Catch Cancer Earlier with Special MRI

  A new kind of MRI machine helps doctors diagnose breast cancer earlier. Patients lie on their stomach and their breasts are placed in two coils, which focus radio waves and allow for more complete ... > more
• Infant's Health
  Today's Healthcare
  Child Development
  Breastfeeding
  Medical Imaging
  Medical Technology
   
  

  Incubator Enables MRI Scans on Preemies for Preventing Birth Asphyxia

  Designed by a team of doctors, nurses, and engineers, a specially designed incubator allows premature babies to receive MRI scans to assess their health. The scans can measure many indicators, such ... > more
• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Dementia
  Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Optics
   
  

  Optical Scientists, Psychiatrists Develop Minimally Invasive Eye Test for Alzheimer's

  Building upon a recent discovery that the same Alzheimer's disease process that goes on in the brain also occurs in the eye, researchers have developed a pair of optical tests that can determine the ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
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  Environmental Engineers, Water Scientists Develop Children's Kit for Monitoring Water Health

  Playing a role once reserved for environmental engineers, children are now helping to test the health of water in their local communities. A new kit comes equipped with everything needed to test the ... > more
• Black Holes
  Stars
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Albert Einstein
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  Astrophysicists Discover New Details of How Stars Collapse

  A satellite called Swift is revealing that black holes have a messier birth than previously thought. Instead of being created in one instant, astrophysicists now believe after a star dies and ... > more
• Colon Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Cancer
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  Surgeons Combine Heat, Chemistry to Bolster Anti-Cancer Drugs

  In efforts to boost the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, a new method called intra-peritoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy works by flushing a heated chemotherapy drug through tissue surrounding a ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Sports Science
  Materials Science
  Back and Neck Pain
  Disability
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  Engineers Design Improved Padding for Football Players

  Engineers have developed more protective padding for football players. Unlike traditional padding, the new putty-like material can be molded into protective gear to fit a player's body and better ... > more
• Wind Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Electricity
  Energy Policy
   
  

  Environmental Engineers Detect Turbines' Turbulence Effects

  Wind farms may have an impact on local weather patterns. As environmental engineers have discovered, wind farm propellers create a lot of turbulence in their wake, mixing air up and down with effects ... > more
• Virtual Reality
  Virtual Environment
  Educational Psychology
  Engineering
  Video Games
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  Psychologists, Human-Factors Engineers Design Computer-Generated Educational Outings

  Psychologists Janis Cannon-Bowers and Alicia Sanchez are part of the team that created virtual reality field trips -- not just for fun, but to help children learn. Employing some of the latest ... > more
• Workplace Health
  Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
   
  

  Ergonomists Reduce Repetitive Stress with Computer-Mouse Alternative

  An alternative to the mouse, the SpacePilot 3D motion controller combines programmable keys with a circular controller that can sense and adapt to the user's needs. In a recent study, ergonomists ... > more

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