News articles tagged with 'analysis'
Analysis suggests cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low
— 29 Mar 2011 15:27 | HealthCalculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport…
Surfing for earthquakes
— 22 Oct 2010 18:52 | Geology and palaeontologyA better understanding of the ground beneath our feet will result from research by seismologists and Rapid - a group of computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh. The Earth's…
Towards better explosives detectors
— 22 Oct 2010 17:52 | TechnologyOver the past decade, Christine Mahoney and a team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland have been working to stop the threat of terrorist-based…
Newborn hearing screening linked with improved developmental outcomes for hearing impaired children
— 22 Oct 2010 17:01 | HealthChildren with permanent hearing impairment who received hearing screening as newborns had better general and language developmental outcomes and quality of life at ages 3 to 5 years…
Anti-vomiting drug could prevent thousands of hospitalisations
— 15 Oct 2010 11:11 | HealthTwo years ago, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that an anti-vomiting drug called ondansetron helps reduce vomiting, the need for intravenous…
Mitochondrial genome analysis revises view of the initial peopling of North America
— 29 Jun 2010 09:56 | HealthThe initial peopling of North America from Asia occurred approximately 15,000-18,000 years ago, however estimations of the genetic diversity of the first settlers have remained inaccurate.…
Low-cost DNA test to pinpoint risk of inherited diseases
— 17 Feb 2010 12:25 | HealthAn inexpensive, fast, accurate DNA test that reveals a person's risk of developing certain diseases is expected to become a reality, thanks to technology developed at the University…
The putative skull of St. Bridget can be questioned
— 17 Feb 2010 11:29 | BiologyThe putative skull of Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden that has been kept in a shrine in Vadstena Abbey is probably not authentic. A new study conducted at Uppsala University reveals…
New and improved tomato analyser
— 4 May 2009 18:51 | BiologyTomatoes come in a variety of sizes and shapes, making them the perfect subject to test shape-analysing software. The Tomato Analyzer is 'rapidly becoming the standard for fruit morphological…
From the works of Shakespeare to the genomes of viruses
— 12 Feb 2009 11:50 | TechnologyWhat does uncovering the true authorship of plays attributed to Shakespeare have to do with identifying our genetic ancestors or classifying new life forms? All involve the comparative…