Archive: 05/01/2008
In a global economy, trust is a critical commodity
In the global economy, corporate collaboration is becoming a necessity, making trust critical to the success of joint business ventures. A University of Missouri study examined the effects of trust at three distinct organizational ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Leek and noodle fried dumplings recalled
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 1,000 cases of Leek and Oriental Noodle Fried Dumplings because of a labeling error.
May 01, 2008 |
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U.S.-French satellite prepared for launch
A U.S.-French spacecraft designed to continue a long-term survey of Earth's oceans has arrived in the United States for its final launch preparations.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 01, 2008 |
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Heart defibrillator company signs decree
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Medtronic Inc. has agreed to comply with FDA rules in manufacturing its external heart defibrillators.
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Americans Hard to Contain on Potted Plant Expenditures
When it comes to using plant-filled pots on the porch or around the landscape, Americans are hardly able to contain themselves. U.S. consumers spend more than $1.3 billion a year on this gardening method, ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Studies test new approaches to islet transplantation
Researchers from 11 medical centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Norway have begun testing new approaches to transplanting clusters of insulin-producing islets in adults with difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes. ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Study in 7,000 men and women ties obesity, inflammatory proteins to heart failure risk
Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere report what is believed to be the first wide-scale evidence linking severe overweight to prolonged inflammation of heart tissue and the subsequent damage leading to failure ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Researchers explore altruism's unexpected ally -- selfishness
Just as religions dwell upon the eternal battle between good and evil, angels and devils, evolutionary theorists dwell upon the eternal battle between altruistic and selfish behaviors in the Darwinian struggle for existence. ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Computer programs help drug abusers stay abstinent
Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale University study has found.
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Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars
Robert Fisher and Cal Jordan are among a team of scientists who will expend 22 million computational hours during the next year on one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, simulating an event that ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computers
Stanford and many of the biggest companies in computing will announce Friday, May 2, a joint effort to address a major missed opportunity in information technology: the dearth of software that can harness the parallelism ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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Probing Question: What is Net neutrality?
"Internet Freedom, under attack. What do we do? Stand up, talk back," shouted a group calling themselves the Raging Grannies, outside the Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford University. Inside, the Federal ...
May 01, 2008 |
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'Dynamic duo' develops framework for Earth's inaccessible interior
A new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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Antidepressant found to alleviate symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in adolescents
Researchers at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA have found that low-dose antidepressant therapy can significantly improve the overall quality of life for adolescents suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 01, 2008 |
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Instant messaging -- a new language?
For many adults over the age of 30, the former groupings of letters would seem incoherent, but for a newer generation of technologically-savvy young adults it can say a lot.
May 01, 2008 |
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