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QA International has announced its awesome iPad app called Virtual Human Body featuring 10 systems of the human body depicted through a lifelike model, over 1,000 anatomical structures named and defined, anatomical dictionary and a neat overlapping feature to visualize the interrelation between bones, muscles and org... |
6 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Researchers have known for quite some time that certain parts of the human body are more susceptible to being influenced by environmental changes than others, but the reason why this happens has thus far eluded them. In a new study, experts finally managed to come up with an answer to this riddle.
The investigation ... |
22 November 2011
06:38 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that taking some time off from an important, stressful task to do some physical exercises may contribute more to fulfilling that task than not doing so.
Exams, job interviews, deadlines at work and other similar events can boost people'... |
21 March 2011
03:47 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) managed to visualize in great detail and imitate the process of bone formation in a laboratory, for the first time. A bone is made out of collagen fibers, in which there are calcium phosphate deposits under the form of nanocrystals. The team l... |
27 October 2010
10:36 GMT |
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In a finding that could help explain why changing public attitudes towards obesity may be so difficult, researchers have determined that the negative attitudes many people exhibit towards people suffering from this condition may be founded in feelings of disgust. These attitudes are therefore an emotional response, a... |
27 April 2010
09:00 GMT |
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It has almost become the norm in science-fiction movies that touchscreen interfaces are the way of the future. All cosmic ships and exoplanetary bases have them, and many people believe that they will dominate the world of tomorrow. But experts at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft seem to think different. They... |
5 March 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Scientists at SINTEF, the largest independent research institute in Scandinavia, are currently conducting a scientific experiment to determine the physiological limits of our endurance to cold. This line of study is actually very important, as it promises to provide experts with sufficient amounts of new knowledge to... |
4 March 2010
11:01 GMT |
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Since the beginning of time, people have always been amazed by the great capabilities that human bones possess. They are most definitely among the strongest materials out there today, being capable of extraordinary feats. But, as most of you already know, they can break from time to time. So what is it exactly that m... |
3 February 2010
09:45 GMT |
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The human nervous system acts like a giant supercomputer, encoding everything the body does or could do, researchers say. Limb motion is no different from all our other systems, they add, so understanding its correlations to the brain could lead to advancements in numerous areas of medicine. Now, researchers reveal t... |
8 January 2010
06:00 GMT |
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Biomechanics researchers are currently trying to impose a paradigm shift in the way we approach research related to our own bodies. Experts argue that the existing methods of study may indeed get us to a certain point, but stress that many pieces of knowledge will always be left out. This point is expressed in a new ... |
7 January 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Computer tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans have become so popular with doctors and patients since their creation, that massive volumes of data on virtually anything in the human body have been obtained. Scientists at the Iowa State University (ISU) have recently decided that the information i... |
12 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder (UCB) have recently developed a new model to explain how bacteria are distributed across the human body, which may bring forth a new wave of understanding of how the microorganisms either live with us in symbiosis, or cause us significant damage. The team has also m... |
6 November 2009
09:06 GMT |
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For many years, scientists and athletics coaches have been trying to determine what foolproof combination of factors would yield the most positive results in a sprinter. The experts were looking for anthropological traits, as in generally valid features of the human bodies that made certain individuals more likely to... |
31 October 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Performing joint replacement surgeries may soon become much easier for surgeons, as researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, have demonstrated that they can build a type of artificial cartilage that is even more effective than those found in the human body. Thus far, engineered cartilage... |
27 March 2009
07:35 GMT |
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While studying unsuspecting mice and rats, researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) have discovered that the rodents seem to not care about activities that they would have otherwise enjoyed anymore, when they have a low concentration of sodium chloride (salt) in their bodies. This has led the team to believe that a... |
11 March 2009
10:26 GMT |
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