Scientists use pixels to ease amputees’ pain
Scientists at the University of Manchester are using 3-D computer graphics to combat the pain suffered by amputees.
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SimCity for real
Social policy makers and town planners will soon be able to play “SimCity” for real using grid computing and e-Science techniques to test the consequences of their policies on a real, but anonymous, model of the UK population.
A company’s reputation is what gets fried when its books get cooked
A University of Washington professor contends that penalties imposed upon public companies that falsify accounting records are miniscule compared with the costs incurred when news of a company’s misdeeds spreads and its reputation spoils.
Ecology :: ALTRAN unveils its energy efficiency concepts solutions
ALTRAN, the European leader in innovation and high technology consulting, unveiled at the EcoBuilding Performance Forum on November 8-9 in Paris, three new eco-innovative concepts, to enable the best use of energy in the building and urban environment sectors. The “eco-innovation” is one of the pillars of the environment policy recently adopted by the EU, emphasizing that a “green” product is not enough, but that the product’s life cycle must be energy efficient.
Waltzing beats exercise for patients with CHF
The clinical difference is small, but the evidence is in ? waltzing does more than other aerobic exercise (ET) for the health of a patient with chronic heart failure (CHF).
Women’s health – Unexpected risk factors found
That women with heart disease generally have worse outcomes than men is well known, but recent research is turning up some unusual and possibly very important new risk factors. Low testosterone levels, ?on-pump? bypass grafts, increased anxiety and under-treatment in secondary prevention may each have an independent, negative impact on women?s outcomes.
Hospitals to speed care in treating heart attacks
To improve patient care, especially treating patients suffering from heart attack, hundreds of hospitals in USA are joining an ambitious project intended to give faster emergency room care.
Ecology :: Cloudy day won’t rain on laser communications
Just as clouds block the sun, they interfere with laser communications systems, but Penn State researchers are using a combination of computational methods to find the silver lining and punch through the clouds.
Robot :: Making robotic movement of goods more ‘pallet-able’ – NIST
Under a cooperative research and development agreement with Transbotics, a Charlotte, N.C., AGV manufacturer, NIST is developing advanced sensor processing and modeling algorithms to help robot forklifts verify the location and orientation of pallets laden with goods.
Cancer :: Antioxidant therapies do not interfere with radiation treatment – Boston
Researchers at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America found that antioxidant therapies such as green tea extract, melatonin, high-potency multivitamins, vitamin C and vitamin E do not interfere with radiation treatment.