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Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progress
02-21-2007 · EurekAlert!In reporting to NASA significant progress in developing "SuperBot," identical modular units that plug into each other to create robots that can stand, crawl, wiggle and even roll, Wei-Min Shen of the USC Information Sciences Institute illustrated his comments with striking video of the system in action, video now on-line.
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- Vivid online videos demonstrate Superbot progress
02-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
In reporting to NASA significant progress in developing "SuperBot," identical modular units that plug into each other to create robots that can stand, crawl, wiggle and even roll, Wei-Min Shen of the USC Information Sciences Institute illustrated his comments with striking video of the system in action, video now on-line.
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- Study analyzes television, DVD and video viewing in children younger than 2 years
05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
Approximately 40 percent of 3-month-old children and about 90 percent of children age 24 months and under regularly watch television, DVDs or videos, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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- Videos extract mechanical properties of liquid-gel interfaces
01-23-2008 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at NIST and the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a video method that may make it possible to make remote, noninvasive measurements of the interaction of fluids and solid surfaces, data important to a host of phenomena including blood coursing through vessels, lubricated cartilage sliding against joints, and ink jets splashing on paper.
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- Implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance
01-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
New research may provide insight as to why, despite progress over the last few decades, women remain underrepresented in math-heavy majors and professions.
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- School achievement, perceptions of ability, and interest change as children age
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study shows that children's academic interests increasingly match the subjects in which they get the best grades as they progress from elementary through high school. The study tracked approximately 1000 children from first grade through twelfth grade. Boys and girls were found to have differing patterns. This specialization might help children focus on a certain field, yet a more generalist approach could be beneficial for a labor market that requires flexibility.
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- Description of a gene implicated in the development of Fanconi anemia and predisposition to cancer
06-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
An international research consortium, which included the participation of UAB researchers, has made outstanding progress in the study of Fanconi anemia. They have described the function and the possible mutations of a gene implicated in this disease that affects functions like nerve and skeletal development, blood cell formation and predisposition to cancer. This discovery will aid in detecting the defective gene that causes Fanconi anemia, which is fundamental in prenatal diagnosis and even pre-implantation diagnosis.
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- Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
08-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
Recent progress in the prevention and treatment of end-stage renal disease in the United States give reason for "cautious optimism," but skyrocketing costs are a major concern, according to a special article in the October Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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- Stronger EPA leadership needed to improve water quality in Mississippi River
10-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
The US Environmental Protection Agency must take a more aggressive leadership role in implementing the Clean Water Act if water quality in the Mississippi River and the northern Gulf of Mexico is to improve, says a new report from the National Research Council. EPA has failed to use its authority under the act to adequately coordinate and oversee state activities along the Mississippi and ensure progress toward the act's goal of 'fishable and swimmable' waters, the report says.
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- Adult stem cell heart attack study updated at American Society for Hematology Meeting
12-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
Doctors are using patients' own bone marrow stem cells (progenitor cells) to treat the damage to cardiac muscle after a heart attack in a study at Emory University School of Medicine. The study investigators will update their colleagues on its progress at the American Society of Hematology meeting in Atlanta next week.
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- More Than Meets The Eye
10-10-2006 · ScienceDaily
With our eyes constantly darting back and forth, the brain is faced with the equivalent of the kind of shaky video stream produced by a hand-held camera. Not only does the brain find a way to compensate for our constantly flickering gaze, but researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that it actually turns the tables and relies on eye movements to recognize partially hidden or moving objects.
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