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Research & Innovations";"Understand how advancements in environmental research and innovation are changing the world.

  • Video games improve surgeons' skills

    Thu, Feb 28, 2013 6:10 PM by Ben Weitzenkorn, TechNewsDaily

    Playing Nintendo Wii has a positive effect on hand-eye coordination and spatial attention, according to a study.

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  • Students solve water woes by mimicking nature

    Thu, Feb 28, 2013 3:41 PM by John Platt

    A system designed by students at the University of Toronto was inspired by fish gills, tadpoles and human arteries.

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  • Lice genes reveal human migration

    Wed, Feb 27, 2013 5:30 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The new analysis also suggests that efforts to eradicate lice may need to focus on local populations, rather than trying to tackle the creatures globally.

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  • Doing 2 things at once? Stop!

    Wed, Feb 27, 2013 1:16 PM by Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily

    The brain has a finite pool of resources to use at any given moment to process different types of information or perform different tasks.

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  • High-tech Spider-Man suit gives you real-life 'spidey sense'

    Tue, Feb 26, 2013 10:07 PM by Bryan Nelson

    Body suit is sensitive enough to respond to ultrasound reflections, and tingles whenever objects get too close.

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  • Why pain can feel good

    Tue, Feb 26, 2013 3:10 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    People experience pleasure during a painful stimulus if the stimulus turns out to be less bad than they were expecting.

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  • Nobel Prize belonging to late DNA pioneer Francis Crick goes on the auction block

    Tue, Feb 26, 2013 1:56 PM by John Platt

    The medal and Crick's diploma have been valued at $500,000. Some of the auction's proceeds will fund medical research.

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  • Spider-Man's webbing could actually halt a moving train

    Tue, Feb 26, 2013 11:44 AM by LiveScience

    According to several physics students' precise calculations, the resilience of Spider-Man's silk is accurately portrayed in the Hollywood movies.

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  • Ghost illusions hide objects in plain sight

    Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:00 AM by Charles Choi, LiveScience

    Scientists have discovered cloaking devices are possible, which can bend and twist light completely around objects, rendering them invisible.

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  • New rules on mutant bird flu research stir debate

    Fri, Feb 22, 2013 3:50 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    The U.S. government released a framework for determining whether to fund research that could create a version of the bird flu virus that could infect mammals by airborne droplets.

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  • The unparticle may lurk in Earth's mantle

    Thu, Feb 21, 2013 2:50 PM by Jesse Emspak, LiveScience

    An experiment using the Earth itself as a source of electrons has narrowed down the search for a new force-bearing particle.

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  • High-tech billionaires create $3 million prizes for life sciences

    Thu, Feb 21, 2013 11:39 AM by Melissa Breyer

    Mark Zuckerberg and others announce the Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences to help cure intractable diseases.

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  • Say what? Cornell scientists use 3-D printing to create an ear

    Thu, Feb 21, 2013 10:12 AM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    The scientists injected a gel made of living cow ear cells and collagen into a mold to create the artificial ear.

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  • Mind-reading glasses allow you to see other people's emotions

    Wed, Feb 20, 2013 8:31 PM by Bryan Nelson

    By enhancing perception of blood flow patterns under the skin, the glasses allow the wearer to interpret others' emotional states more accurately.

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  • How the brain controls speech

    Wed, Feb 20, 2013 3:51 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Speaking even a sentence involves a series of many muscle movements , and scientists have mapped out what parts of the brain control each movement.

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