| Using Twitter to predict the influence of lifestyle on health Feb 8th 2013, 16:00 Researchers showed last year how Twitter can be used to predict how likely it is for a Twitter user to become sick. They have now used Twitter to model how other factors -- social status, exposure to pollution, interpersonal interaction and others -- influence health. |  | Scientists create 'building block' of quantum networks Feb 8th 2013, 00:21 A proof-of-concept device that could pave the way for on-chip optical quantum networks has been created by a group of researchers. The device has been described as the "building block of future quantum networks." | | Scientists create 'building block' of quantum networks Feb 8th 2013, 00:21 A proof-of-concept device that could pave the way for on-chip optical quantum networks has been created by a group of researchers. The device has been described as the "building block of future quantum networks." | | Social network use reflects East-West disparity Feb 7th 2013, 16:49 The stark contrast between America's "me-first" culture and the "collective-good" mentality in China is reflected in the two countries' use of social networking sites, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar. | | Social network use reflects East-West disparity Feb 7th 2013, 16:49 The stark contrast between America's "me-first" culture and the "collective-good" mentality in China is reflected in the two countries' use of social networking sites, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar. | | Privacy risk in your DNA Feb 7th 2013, 16:49 Scientists have found that advances in DNA sequencing carry with them an enormous risk -- the theft of personal information from genetics databases poses a serious threat to privacy. They urge that new legislation concerning the maintenance of private and public databases, as well as anti-genetic-discrimination laws, should be drafted. | | New technology gives doctors an important diagnostic tool Feb 6th 2013, 19:15 When cocaine producers began using an inexpensive medication, levamisole, to dilute the cocaine to boost their profits, their customers were showing up in hospital emergency rooms with serious skin injuries caused by cocaine-levamisole toxicity. A dermatologist has provided photographs of the skin condition to VisualDx -- a new technology that was created with more than 100,000 medical images to help doctors visually diagnose disease. | | The last big bump before a supernova explodes Feb 6th 2013, 18:11 Astronomers have found the first causal evidence that massive stars shed huge amounts of material in a "penultimate outburst" before they finally detonate as Type IIn supernovae. After characterizing supernova 2010mc, the scientists found evidence of previous outbursts in the same location and were able to conclusively relate them to the supernova explosion. | | New modeling approach transforms imaging technologies Feb 5th 2013, 19:34 Researchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical CT scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data and then reconstructing images like a jigsaw puzzle. The new approach is called model-based iterative reconstruction, or MBIR. | | Control a virtual spacecraft by thought alone Feb 5th 2013, 15:17 Scientists at the University of Essex have been working with NASA on a project where they controlled a virtual spacecraft by thought alone. Using BCI (brain-computer interface) technology, they found that combining the brain power of two people could be more accurate in steering a spacecraft than one person. BCIs convert signals generated from the brain into control commands for various applications, including virtual reality and hands-free control. | | Control a virtual spacecraft by thought alone Feb 5th 2013, 15:17 Scientists at the University of Essex have been working with NASA on a project where they controlled a virtual spacecraft by thought alone. Using BCI (brain-computer interface) technology, they found that combining the brain power of two people could be more accurate in steering a spacecraft than one person. BCIs convert signals generated from the brain into control commands for various applications, including virtual reality and hands-free control. | | Into the quantum Internet at the speed of light Feb 4th 2013, 14:46 Not only do optical fibers transmit information every day around the world at the speed of light, but they can also be harnessed for the transport of quantum information. Physicists now report how they have directly transferred the quantum information stored in an atom onto a particle of light. Such information could then be sent over optical fiber to a distant atom. | | Into the quantum Internet at the speed of light Feb 4th 2013, 14:46 Not only do optical fibers transmit information every day around the world at the speed of light, but they can also be harnessed for the transport of quantum information. Physicists now report how they have directly transferred the quantum information stored in an atom onto a particle of light. Such information could then be sent over optical fiber to a distant atom. | | Next lung cancer treatment advancement may come in the form of informatics Jan 31st 2013, 17:06 Bioinformatic experts are creating a new model based on digital images and genomics to help improve survival rates in people with lung cancer, which is the leading cancer killer among men and women in the United States. The model - which will help clinicians select the treatment most likely to be successful - will base some of its data on a repository of 4,000 lung cancer samples from the Appalachian region, an area that has higher rates of lung cancer than anywhere else in the nation. | | The ecological badminton robot: Optimizing energy efficiency in machine design Jan 30th 2013, 13:27 A robot to play with! A childhood's dream has now come true for researchers in Belgium. Wim Symens and his team pioneered the development of the first robot ever to play badminton. But this robot is only a guinea pig to test a software application designed to optimize energy efficiency in machine design. | |
