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Detailed analysis of drugs, alcohol & crimes across a city could help target prevention, study finds

As cities across America work to reduce violence in tight budget times, new research shows how they might be able to target their efforts and police attention – with the help of high-powered computers and ...

Health created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using transportation data to predict pandemics

In a world of increasing global connections, predicting the spread of infectious diseases is more complicated than ever. Pandemics no longer follow the patterns they did centuries ago, when diseases swept through populations ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virtual vehicle vibrations

"Sit up straight in your chair!" That command given by countless parents to their children may one day be delivered by vehicle designers to a robot that is actually a computerized model of a long-distance ...

Cancer created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers show how blood vessels regroup after stroke

Rice scientists simulate "robot" cells to study the development of microvascular systems in the brain. The goal is to find a way to direct the development of vessels that feed oxygen-starved cells in stroke ...

Medical research created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method is first to predict brain cancer outcome and quickly show if therapy is effective

The critical question shortly after a brain cancer patient starts treatment: how well is it working? But there hasn't been a good way to gauge that.

Cancer created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Virtual heart sheds new light on heart defect

(Medical Xpress)—A virtual heart, developed at The University of Manchester, is revealing new information about one of the world's most common heart conditions.

Cardiology created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physio for the home

Accidents or operations are often followed by long periods of rehabilitation treatment. In future, a new technology will allow patients to do physiotherapy exercises at home, while still making sure that ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Game-based economics research explains why we roll the dice on flu shots

With 41 states having reported widespread and severe outbreaks of flu this season, timely new research sheds light on why less than half of the American population has gotten a flu shot.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer model helps researchers hunt out cancer-causing mutational signatures in the genome

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute's cancer genome project have developed a computer model to identify the fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes that drive cancer development. ...

Genetics created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Influenza virus: Being the most beneficial mutation is no guarantee of long-term genetic success, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists have used computer modelling to understand why some mutations in a virus gene rise to dominance and become 'fixed' in the genome of the virus, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flu? Malaria? Disease forecasters look to the sky

Sunny with a chance of flu? That's what some health scientists are thinking, as they study the weather for clues about how to predict disease outbreaks.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer simulations of blood flow through mechanical heart valves could pave the way for more individualized prosthetic

Every year, over 300,000 heart valve replacement operations are performed worldwide. Diseased valves are often replaced with mechanical heart valves (MHVs), which cannot yet be designed to suit each patient's ...

Cardiology created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chances seen rising for chikungunya outbreaks in NYC, Atlanta, Miami

Global travel and climate warming could be creating the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a new Cornell University computer model.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Predicting risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: Virtual hearts help understand real-world patients

A computer model of the heart wall predicted risk of irregular heart rhythms and sudden cardiac death in patients, paving the way for the use of more complex cardiac models to calculate the consequences of ...

Cardiology created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New computer model to speed development of drugs for heart failure

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a new model of how the heart reacts to stresses such as high blood pressure, shedding light on a common cause of heart failure and facilitating the ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast