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Sound test could identify 'locked-in' patients
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-13 3:00)
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Minimally conscious people appear to process sound differently to those in a vegetative state
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US fighting machine going green
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-13 3:00)
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From biofuelled fighter jets to roll-up solar blankets, the US navy is on a mission to stop using fossil fuels
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Today on New Scientist: 12 May 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-13 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Higgs imposters at the LHC, chimps hunt monkeys to extinction, and a "vertical street"
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Inaccurate IQs could be a matter of life and death
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-13 1:26)
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People in the US with intellectual disabilities could have been wrongly put to death because their IQ test score was inaccurate
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Programmable friction makes touchscreens feel sticky
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-13 0:56)
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A thin film of moving air on top of the glass makes the screen feel stickier– making touchscreens a lot more interesting to use
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DNA chip test will track down illegal fish
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-13 0:43)
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Relatively cheap, reliable genetic tests could soon give the authorities the means to identify fish caught from unsustainable sources
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ZeroTouch makes any screen touchable
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 3:00)
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Using what looks like a picture frame with nothing in it, researchers can turn any screen into a touchscreen
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Vaccine protects against monkey version of HIV
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:19)
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A live virus can keep the monkey form of HIV in check, giving long-term protection against infection in half the animals tested
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Crocodiles swam the Atlantic to reach America
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:04)
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Millions of years before Vikings crossed the Atlantic, crocodiles swam thousands of kilometres from Africa to colonise the Americas
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Today on New Scientist: 11 May 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Orgasms unlock altered consciousness, fossil raindrops, and the only fish that cries like a baby
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