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...es - Vietnamese and Mandarin - show remarkably precise absolute pitch in reading lists of words. With this evidence, Deutsch and her colleagues propose that the potential for acquiring absolute pitch may be universal, and that it can possibly be attained by associating pitches with meaningful...UF study shows contemporary method accurately predicts cancer risk
...Shahla Masood's research shows it also is a highly precise tool that helps determine which patients should be closely monitored -- or even treated -- when a growth is considered abnormal but not yet cancerous. The same predictive power is available with standard excisional biopsy, but that approach involves ...Robotics go where no surgeon has gone before
...e arms hold the instrument tips that replicate the precise maneuvers of the surgeon. "The computer takes your motion and makes it very, very smooth," Damiano explains. "Then it takes this digitized motion and uses it to drive the robotic arms." The camera assembly is controlled through the computer by th......mediately help trigger a clotting response in that precise location.The researchers are particularly excited about the potential medical applications of their discovery. "Now that we understand the structure of this critical regulatory protein, which is absolutely specific to blood clotting, we can hopefully...Missouri scientist takes 'rocky' road to NASA
...mers can improve crop health and yield by applying precise amounts of seed, fertilizer and pesticides as needed. Rickman's remote sensing work also has led to improvements of a more personal nature the gift of sight for the legally blind. Rickman was a lead researcher on LVES, a low-vision enhancement sys......rsonic speeds to implanted microchips that deliver precise dosages to high-tech molecular transportation syst...stream via the lungs: This handheld device allows precise doses of tiny liquid particles to be inhaled through the mouth. Unlike conventional inhalers, which ...Northwestern chemist develops nanoplotter with parallel writing capabilities
...e time to miniaturize electronic circuits, pattern precise arrays of organic and biomolecules such as DNA and put thousands of different medical sensors on an area much tinier than the head of a pin. A major limitation of other scanning probe lithography (SPL) methods is that contact between the tip and th...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory wins three R&D 100 awards
...measurement system that is low cost, versatile and precise - Recent government approval of irradiation to kill bacteria in red meat expands the need for an accurate, inexpensive way to measure how much radiation food and other products are getting. Licensed to Sunna Systems Inc., of Richland, Wash., this do...Harvard researcher receives national award
... Harvard University. Compounds are connected in precise locations with precise orientations - like the components of a building, he said. Biological molecules come in left- and ri...Irvine researcher receives national award
...d synthesize drugs. "Proteins in the body are very precise machines," he explained. "Most proteins are rapidly turned over, but others like collagen and elastin in the skin and lens proteins in the eye are around for decades. They accumulate damage over time -skin wrinkles, joints get stiffer. If we understa...Lawrence Livermore Lab pioneers advanced radiation treatment for cancer
...regrine uses individual patient CT scans to tailor precise radiation dose calculations for each patient, based on each patients distinct anatomy and disease. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco worked closely with Livermore scientists during development and validation of Peregrine. "Ou......ve aspects, thereby making them inadequate for the precise assessment of symptoms and treatment. The most commonly employed sleep questionnaire that is traditionally used in clinical practice is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Although motor disturbances are an important cause of sleep disturbance, the...New discovery may revolutionize treatment for pain related to surgery, illness and injury
...is often hindered and sometimes precluded when the precise site of the injury or disease cannot be reached with adequate levels of pain medicine without causing unwanted side effects. Delivery of painkillers directly to selected target sites can avoid undesired toxicity, as well as inappropriate side effects...There are a few 'safe' days in menstrual cycle
...he day their next period was expected. To obtain precise fertility information, the study required that the women volunteers provide daily urine samples that the researchers could test for estrogen and progesterone. An abrupt change in the ratio of these hormones marks the event of ovulation. This signal...... spot and deliver another burn." Fewer and more precise and effective lesions should reduce the overall costs of the surgery, says Lardo. The time to perform the procedure should be reduced, and the need for a second procedure nearly eliminated. MRI is generally considered a safe technique because no X...O.R. model could reduce high death rate among kidney dialysis patients by up to 20%
...' current resources by helping them zero in on the precise treatment for a patient by quantifying needs of categories of patients, including high risk patients like diabetics. Currently, explains Prof. Zenios, physicians are often forced to determine dosages based on experience and patient history. The model...Toward a better burger: "Where's the selenium?"
...require complete and accurate determination of the precise chemical forms of selenium in beef, since not every form of the mineral affects humans in the same way. "If nutritional experiments that we are currently conducting show the selenium in beef to have similar biological properties to other forms of sel...Pasadena chemist wins national award for new materials research
...tural control. In contrast, nature's polymers have precise structure but with very little variety in composition." Design is the first step in making artificial proteins with which to form replacement blood vessels, for example, according to Tirrell. Surgeons need to be to handle the artificial protein, and ...Lack of trained staff and technical support exposes patients to increased risk of cancer progression
...hold it in position and limiting movement to allow precise targeting. The physician scans the patient to establish the exact position of the malignant (or benign) abnormalities. To precisely define the intracranial target, an MRI scan is made with the same stereotactic frame and fused with the CT-scan. The t......or those of us in the PET field to be particularly precise when we code and submit claims to the agency. We look forward to working with CMS in the future on this, and to expanding the approved PET indications to include areas for which PET is an effective tool, but not currently reimbursed by Medicare. Dr. ...