Archive: 10/01/2009
An animated penguin boosts kids' math scores
California's hottest new math teacher is an animated penguin named JiJi. Yes, it's true. A mute, waddling, tuxedo-clad cartoon figure has been quietly taking over math programs dotting Silicon Valley, dramatically improving ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Warnings up for Philippines as Parma powers up to a super typhoon
Warnings have been posted in the extreme northeastern Philippines as Parma has powered up into a Super Typhoon, and its new forecast track takes it over the northeastern tip of the Philippines, and three NASA ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Marianas on alert: Melor joins the typhoon group
Being a typhoon seems to be the "in thing" lately for tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific, and Melor is now one of the "in crowd." NASA's QuikScat and Aqua satellites helped the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Keeping hepatitis C virus at bay after a liver transplant
One of the most common reasons for needing a liver transplant is liver failure or liver cancer caused by liver cell infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, in nearly all patients the new liver becomes infected with ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Smoking cessation drug not linked to an increased risk of self harm or depression
There is no strong evidence that the popular smoking cessation drug varenicline increases the risk of self harm or depression compared to other cessation products, according to new research published on BMJ.com today.
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Bundling 2 low-cost heart drugs prevents heart attack and stroke in large, diverse population
A program that bundled two generic, low-cost drugs - a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug - and gave daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have ...
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Link between male diabetics with allergies and kidney disease -- nothing to sneeze at
For men with type 2 diabetes, a cell type linked to allergic inflammation is closely linked to a key indicator of diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy), suggests a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American So ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Over 65s should take high dose vitamin D to prevent falls, say researchers
A daily supplement of vitamin D at a dose of 700-1000 IU reduces the risk of falling among older people by 19% according to a study published on BMJ.com today. But a dose of less than 700 IU per day has no effect.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Half of addicts quit after 6 months of treatment
(AP) -- About half of heroin and crack cocaine addicts in England's treatment programs quit the drugs after six months, a new study says.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Most babies born this century will live to 100
(AP) -- Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Tamiflu Metabolite Found in Sewage Discharge, River Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published September 28th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-i ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Financial aid rules influence household portfolio decisions
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Student Aid Financial Responsibility Act to address problems with the current financial aid system. The act calls for several changes to simplify the Federal ...
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Ancient rainforests resilient to climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change wreaked havoc on the Earth’s first rainforests but they quickly bounced back, scientists reveal today. The findings of the research team, led by Dr Howard Falcon-Lang from Royal ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Iowa State researchers looking for catalyst that allows plants to produce hydrocarbons
Plants and algae may be a source of green, renewable hydrocarbons that could replace the ancient, finite hydrocarbons in fossil fuels, according to a team of researchers led by Iowa State University's Jackie ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability
Panasonic Corp. has developed a 1.5 kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells, which are widely used in laptop computers, to provide energy storage ...
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