Computer-Aided System Effectively Detects and Measures Pneumothoraces in Chest Trauma Patients
A new computer-aided method used with MDCT to detect and measure pneumothoraces in trauma patients helps physicians make quicker and more accurate decisions in busy emergency room settings, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. view more (2009-03-04)
Computer-based programs provide help for smokers trying to quit
Trying to quit cigarettes but don't know how? A new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, suggests that Web- and computer-based smoking cessation programs are worth a try, and fortunately during these tough economic times, many of them are free. view more (2009-05-26)
UC San Diego Physicists Tackle Knotty Puzzle
Electrical cables, garden hoses and strands of holiday lights seem to get themselves hopelessly tangled with no help at all. Now research initiated by an undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego has resulted in the first model of how knots form. view more (2007-10-04)
Scientists create first comprehensive computer model of sunspots
In a breakthrough that will help scientists unlock mysteries of the sun and its impacts on Earth, scientists have created the first-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots. view more (2009-06-19)
Managing computer fraud
Shalini Kesar, a computer scientist at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, has devised an antifraud strategy for business. Writing in the International Journal of Business Information Systems from Inderscience Publishers, he suggests that managers should be made aware of security issues and send out cues to junior staff that they have this... view more... (2008-05-27)
TRANSLATION ROUTER PROJECT WILL EASE DECISION-MAKING PRESSURES
The Transrouter Project, which is receiving EC funding, involves language services organisation Berlitz International, and groups in Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany, as well as the University of Edinburgh researchers. The project will develop prototype decision support tools for users of translation technology. These tools will help... view more... (1999-06-22)
Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet
Liquid water has not been found on the Martian surface within the last decade after all, according to new research. view more (2008-02-29)
Central American fires impact US air quality and climate
Scientists using NASA satellites and computer models have shown that pollutants from Central American biomass burning can influence air quality and climate in the United States. view more (2006-10-11)
Building real security with virtual worlds
Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict results of many different possible military and policy actions. view more (2009-11-30)
Artificial sight
An engineering team at the University of Dundee has just secured funding to work with European colleagues on the construction of artificial corneas which will allow all cornea replacements to go ahead without the patient having to wait for a donor. The Euro 2.4m project will help people who suffer from a number of diseases requiring corneal... view more... (2004-06-03)
Carnegie Mellon scientists develop method for verifying safety of computer-controlled devices
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, computer-controlled devices, collectively known as cyber-physical systems (CPS). view more (2009-04-21)
Listen out for bugs that sing
A Northumbria University lecturer has helped devise a scheme to use music to catch computer bugs. Dr Paul Vickers from Northumbria and Professor James Alty from Loughborough University's Department of Computer Science have come up with an idea that would see features of computer programming languages being given short, musical themes. All similar... view more... (2002-11-21)
Predicting the weather on Titan?
Using recent Cassini, Huygens and Earth-based observations, scientists have been able to create a computer model which explains the formation of several types of ethane and methane clouds on Titan. view more (2006-01-24)
Computer use at home and at school
The researchers interviewed 80 children aged seven to 11 years from five schools in the East Midlands. They reported that computer based work at school often produces a lasting product such as a story or a picture, which is often displayed in the school building. In contrast, children's domestic creativity is less often celebrated in this public... view more... (1999-08-23)
Mapping a glacial path of destruction
The dangerous power of glacial outburst floods—or jokulhlaups—will be easier to predict thanks to new models developed by a Leeds researcher and presented at the International Glaciological Society symposium in Iceland this Friday (June 23). view more (2006-06-20)
New model predicts damage to cheese
Researchers at a Dutch university have developed a model that predicts how cheese will change when a force is applied to it. This makes it possible to predict how cheese will be damaged during the packaging or transportation processes. Anna Rzepiela from Wageningen University simulated the influence of shearing and tensional forces on the... view more... (2003-04-11)
New Technology To Help Early Skin Cancer Diagnosis
Computer scientists in the UK have invented a new technology to help doctors diagnose skin cancer while it is still in its early stages, greatly improving the chances of successful treatment. The work has been carried out by a team led by Dr Ela Claridge in the University of Birmingham's School of Computer Science. The Engineering and Physical... view more... (2000-04-11)
Young children with epilepsy seizures could benefit from animal model of disease
Researchers have developed an animal model of infantile spasms, improving the likelihood of finding new treatments for the thousands of young children who suffer from these catastrophic epilepsy seizures. view more (2007-04-26)
Nature surrenders flowery secrets to international team
The poet Dylan Thomas wrote, "The force that drives the green fuse drives the flower." Now, a team of international scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of that force: it has described the rules that govern how plants arrange flowers into branching structures, known in technical terms as 'inflorescences.' view more (2007-05-25)
Paper application forms lead to more lies
People who complete paper versions of application forms are more likely to include fake information than those completing the same forms on a computer. view more (2005-01-07)
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