A new TV series featuring dinosaur detectives from The University of Manchester looking at how dinosaurs once lived, looked and functioned begins in the UK this week.
Presented by University of Manchester palaeontologist Dr Phil Manning, the seri…
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CSI: Manchester — University team gets forensic on dinosaurs
Monitoring wear in helicopters — and hips, knees and ankles, too
Tel Aviv — Ferrography, a practice used by the American and Israeli air forces to monitor the condition of machinery, extracts tiny iron particles from lubricants such as oil and grease to analyze wear in machines. Determining whether a syste…
National Science Foundation launches “Innovation Nation”
The National Science Foundation (NSF) today released the first in a series of video programs called Innovation Nation, hosted by veteran science and technology correspondent Miles O’Brien and currently airing nationally on the the Science Channel.
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New American Chemical Society podcast: Big building blocks from nanoparticles
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2010 — A new genre of construction materials, made with particles barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to play a big role in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures, according to…
Research!America releases vaccines fact sheet
WASHINGTON — September 7, 2010 — Research!America is highlighting the vital importance of vaccines with a new fact sheet in its Investment in Research Saves Lives and Money series. CDC recently reported that routine vaccination rates are increasi…
Reading Arabic Ain’t Easy
The brain’s right hemisphere is not involved in the initial processes of reading in Arabic, due to the graphic complexity of Arabic script. Therefore reading acquisition in Arabic is much harder in comparison to English. [...]
Capsule with microscopic camera provides better look at small bowel
A new capsule that contains a microscopic camera and transmitter can create better pictures of the small bowel than standard x-ray procedures can, a new study shows. The capsule is easily swallowed by the patient, and there is no need for the patient to drink barium before the procedure.