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S-Helmet: A Location-aware Safety System for Construction Workers

A summary by scientists at Hong Kong Polytechnic University about a newly developed system for construction site safety monitoring. [caption id="attachment_4042" align="alignright" width="300"] Copyright : Hong Kong Polytechnic University[/caption] We have developed a system for…

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Noise-related Hearing Loss Might be in Your Genes

[caption id="attachment_4037" align="alignright" width="400"] Immunostained mouse auditory nerve synapses after noise exposure. Source: Rick A. Friedman Lab/USC[/caption] A genome-wide association study conducted by an international team led by the University of Southern California identified Nox3 as…

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Knowing our solar system

[caption id="attachment_4033" align="alignnone" width="654"] Montage of our solar system. Image Credit: NASA/JPL[/caption] 1. The hottest planet isn’t closest to the sun. Many people know that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, well less than…

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Fossils provide insight into porpoises’ evolutionary process

Research into porpoise fossils found in Teisho, Hokkaido reveals that early porpoises possessed a long, narrow stout, a beak and experienced a faster rate of physical development, unlike their contemporary equivalents. [caption id="attachment_4028" align="alignnone" width="1299"]…