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Australian Scientists Make Major Prostate Cancer Treatment Breakthrough
Australian researchers have launched a clinical trial which will use revolutionary technology to improve targeting accuracy for patients undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer — cutting treatment time from 40 visits to just five.
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New Speech-Enhancing Software Ensures Loudspeaker Announcements Are Always Understandable
When train stations and airports get crammed full of people, it’s impossible to hear loudspeaker announcements over all the noise. So researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute developed a new system that listens for when a venue gets loud, and automatically adjusts announcements so they’re always audible.
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Spirit The Eagle Helps To Stop Birds Getting Chopped By Wind Turbines
Renewable energy sources are surely cleaner than carbon-based or nuclear energy, but there are a few more or less inevitable drawbacks which make them unappealing for a lot of people: solar farms scorch birds in midair, meanwhile wind turbines confuse and often strike them to death. Addressing the second issue, now researchers are trying to…
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Australian Researchers Develop Solar Weatherproofing
Australian researchers have developed a way of improving the humidity tolerance of a new type of solar cell technology.