A robotic arm that can be worn at home is being developed to help stroke survivors regain the ability to reach and grasp objects and perform basic tasks such as feed themselves. The device, built by a research team, led by ...
Apr 26, 2005
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A painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to examine breasts for cancer is under study at the Medical College of Georgia. MCG is one of some 20 centers across the world studying impedance ...
Apr 26, 2005
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A player just took a hard knock to the head and is lying on the field. A coach rushes to his side, but the player sits up and seems fine. He knows who the president is and how many fingers the coach is holding up. But is ...
Apr 26, 2005
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AMD today announced all existing and upcoming single- and dual-core AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron and AMD Turion 64 processors are designed to be fully compatible with and deliver world-class performance on Microsoft Windows ...
Apr 26, 2005
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A newly discovered pathway by which cells protect themselves from a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis may hold important implications for bioenergy sources, human and plant disease, and agricultural yields, a team of University ...
Apr 26, 2005
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The first practical fountain pen was invented in 1884 by Lewis Waterman. Although pens with self-contained ink reservoirs had existed for more than a hundred years before his invention, they suffered from ink leaks and other ...
Apr 26, 2005
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During its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on April 16, the Cassini spacecraft came within 1,027 kilometers (638 miles) of the moon's surface and found that the outer layer of the thick, hazy atmosphere is brimming ...
Apr 26, 2005
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