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Japan scientists eye made-to-order bones

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Japanese hospitals are running a clinical trial on the world's first custom-made bones which would fit neatly into patients' skulls and eventually give way to real bones.


SKorean scientists claim to develop 'true blue' for OLED screen

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South Korean scientists claimed Sunday to have developed an efficient "true blue" material that can accelerate the development of next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.


Astronauts try to work out kinks in urine machine

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(AP) -- Astronauts hope they have a solution for getting a pivotal piece of equipment working so it can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water and allow the international space station to grow to six ...


How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing

November 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 82 vote(s) | User comments: 24

(PhysOrg.com) -- If space-time were constructed in such a way that you could travel back in time, it would create some pretty strange effects. One of these oddities, as many people know, is the “grandfather paradox.” Here, ...


Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory

November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 97 vote(s) | User comments: 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ...


e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right

November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 93 vote(s) | User comments: 26

It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists.


Global warming predictions are overestimated, suggests study on black carbon

November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 45 vote(s) | User comments: 29

(PhysOrg.com) -- A detailed analysis of black carbon -- the residue of burned organic matter -- in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.


Pirates thwarted with MP3 sonic blast

November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s) | User comments: 22

Gone are the swashbuckling days of repelling pirates with cutlasses -- a British firm is spearheading use of a high-tech "sonic laser" to beat bandits on the high seas.


Electric cars and electronic trees at LA Auto Show

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From electric cars to electronic trees on dashboards that sprout leaves when you drive in a more economical way, nothing is off limits for auto manufacturers seeking to show their green credentials.


Study suggests attending religious services sharply cuts risk of death

November 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 38 vote(s) | User comments: 16

A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately ...


Sea level rise alters bay's salinity

November 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 14

While global-warming-induced coastal flooding moves populations inland, the changes in sea level will affect the salinity of estuaries, which influences aquatic life, fishing and recreation.


Scientists are high on idea that marijuana reduces memory impairment

November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s) | User comments: 12

The more research they do, the more evidence Ohio State University scientists find that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation ...


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