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Medical Engineering

Robotic surgery of 'tremendous benefit' to patients, say JGH researchers

Robot-assisted surgery dramatically improves outcomes in patients with uterine, endometrial, and cervical cancer, said researchers at the Jewish General…

Life & Chemistry

Inventions of the Evolution: What gives Frogs a Face

“Don't be a frog!“ people say in jest when someone hesitates instead of acting straight away. However to be called a frog should actually be a reason to…

Physics & Astronomy

Insights Into GRS 1915: Examining a Black Hole System

This study examined GRS 1915+105 (GRS 1915 for short), a binary system in the Milky Way galaxy containing a black hole about 14 times more massive than the Sun…

Health & Medicine

New Guidelines: Preventing Falls in the Elderly with Tai Chi

The guidelines were compiled by a panel comprising members from the previous panels and new members with substantial knowledge, experience, and publications in…

Life & Chemistry

TGen, Genomic Health Uncover Genes Impacting Cancer Treatment

Genomic research could help doctors better target a drug widely used to treat colorectal cancer patients, according to a study by Genomic Health Inc. (Nasdaq:…

Studies and Analyses

Climate Disasters: New Study Explores How People Respond

Dr. Sara Alexander, an applied social anthropologist at Baylor who conducts much of her research in Central America, studied different households in several…

Physics & Astronomy

New Microscope Records Firing of Thousands of Individual Neurons in 3-D

To understand the root of the problem of these latter diseases, visualizing brain activity is key. But even the best imaging devices available — fMRIs and PET…

Life & Chemistry

First Genetic Test for Predicting IVF Success

The test, reported in the online medical journal PLoS One, is based on the finding that different subtypes of the FMR1 gene (also known as the fragile X mental…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers’ Camera Reveals Early Galaxies

The protocluster of very early galaxies is centered on a source dubbed AzTEC 3, after the millimeter-wave instrument that first saw it. The full collection of…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Duplication Insight: How One Gene Evolves Different Functions

The study, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, validates a decades-old hypothesis about a key mechanism of evolution. The study also…

Trade Fair News

CARTES & IDentification 2010 celebrates 25 years in style

CARTES & Identification is 25 years old — and younger than ever… Despite heavy snowfalls in Paris, which made access to the exhibition centre more difficult,…

Information Technology

Mobile Telephony Without Base Stations: A Game-Changer in Connectivity

A dissertation at Linköping University in Sweden presents a program that runs on telephones and can deliver messages even when the infrastructure for…

Technology Offerings

Explore SAG: A Diverse Algae Culture Collection Since 1954

The Culture Collection of Algae at the Georg August University Göttingen (SAG) is one of the three largest collections of living microscopic algae.

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Studies and Analyses

Single-Patient Rooms Lower ICU Infection Rates, Study Finds

A research team from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University has demonstrated that private rooms in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) play…

Studies and Analyses

Hair Loss Drugs Linked to Libido Loss and ED in Men

These findings, which currently appear on-line in Journal of Sexual Medicine, suggest that extreme caution should be exercised prior to prescribing 5a-RIs…

Studies and Analyses

Looking good on greens

The research, which showed that instead of heading for the sun the best way to look good is to munch on carrots and tomatoes, has been published in the Journal…

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