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New Fossil Primates Discovered [Afarensis]PhysOrg mentions a new fossil primate discovered in India. The species has been christened Anthrasimias gujaratensis and consists of two upper molars and one lower molar. The teeth date to 54.5 MYA and are considered anthropoids. The finds are being published in PNAS, supposedly in the August 4-8... |
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Gun Cartridges Coated in Pollen-based Nanotags Could Help ID Criminals [Guns]A superteam of British scientists and researchers are working on a nanotechnology that, when applied to gun cartridges, act as microscopic tags that place themselves on and around everything they come in contact with, such as criminals. The bullet tags are part natural pollen, part nanoparticles ... |
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Sensor-Packed Pajama Pants Analyze Grandpa's Walk For Potential Falls [Pants]Researchers at Virginia Tech hope to combat injuries suffered from elderly falls with these teched-out pants, which employ multiple sensors sewn into your standard flannel jams (aka blogging pants) to monitor the gait of the wearer for early diagnosis potential problems. So long as he doesn't shu... |
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Scientists Develop Micro Microscope: Fits on a Chip, Costs $10 [Imaging]There's been a bit of a rush of pocket/USB digital microscopes recently, but none can hold a candle to this development from the clever chaps at Caltech. They've done a neat bit of thinking and redesigned how microscopes work: their new optofluidic microscope combines microfluidics and standard c... |
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Scientists Develop Micro Microscope: Fits on a Chip, Costs $10 [Imaging]There's been a bit of a rush of pocket/USB digital microscopes recently, but none can hold a candle to this development from clever chaps at Caltech. They've done a neat bit of thinking and redesigned how microscopes work: their optofluidic microscope combines microfluidics and standard chip desi... |
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Fallback Foods and The Diet of Australopithecines [Afarensis]Physorg.Com has an interesting report on new research by Nate Dominy on underground storage units: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ... |

