Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
For less than $100 and a day's work, a single family in an undeveloped country can construct a solid waste disposal system that not only processes the waste, but requires no electricity or additional energy while destroying harmful pathogens. So argues a Duke University environmental engineer who envisions a simple ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Leading investigators, scientists and clinicians from America and Europe met at Christ's College, Cambridge in order to launch a novel initiative to revolutionize cancer treatment. Their aim is to transform the disease from terminal to manageable, chronic condition within the next decade...
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Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Scientists have designed a novel, noninvasive system that allows users to control a virtual helicopter using only their minds, as reported in the online journal PLoS ONE on Oct. 26. The researchers, led by Dr. Bin He of University of Minnesota, created an EEG-based, noninvasive brain-computer interface that allowed users ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
A new study published in CMAJ discovered that, since the 2003 introduction of Canada's Common Drug Review, the number of drugs covered by public drug plans has considerably decreased. There are 19 public drug plans in Canada. In 2010, these plans accounted for approximately 39% of the projected $31 ...
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Responding to faces is a critical tool for social interactions between humans. Without the ability to read faces and their expressions, it would be hard to tell friends from strangers upon first glance, let alone a sad person from a happy one. Now, neuroscientists from the California Institute of Technology ...
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