Weight gain in pregnancy linked to overweight in kids
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Pregnant women who gain excessive or even appropriate weight, according to current guidelines, are four times more likely than women who gain inadequate weight to have a baby who becomes overweight in early childhood. These ...
New homes rise from rubbish
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Imagine if you could turn old rubbish into new houses.
Companies Combine URL Filter, Proxy Blocking for CIPA Compliance
Apr 02, 2007 |
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DeepNines Technologies and SurfControl join forces for a CIPA compliance tool aimed at schools.
Asbestos disease projections too low
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Current predictions of the future incidence of asbestos-related disease have been substantially underestimated, according to new modelling to be presented in Melbourne today by an epidemiologist from The Australian National ...
A changing climate for protected areas
Apr 02, 2007 |
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On April 6, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release a report entitled Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability that focuses on how climate change is affecting the planet.
Laser Goes Tubing for Faster Body-Fluid Tests
Apr 02, 2007 |
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University of Rochester researchers announce in the current issue of Applied Optics a technique that in 60 seconds or less measures multiple chemicals in body fluids, using a laser, white light, and a reflective tube. The te ...
Study shows zinc doesn't help head and neck cancer patients
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Zinc sulfate, a supplement thought to be helpful in regaining the sense of taste for some head and neck cancer patients after radiation therapy, has been found to have no significant impact on preventing or curing taste alteration, ...
York mathematician probes geometric route to combat viruses
Apr 02, 2007 |
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A mathematician at the University of York has been awarded a Research Leadership Award of more than £700,000 by the Leverhulme Trust to study the geometry of viruses.
Picky-eater Flies Losing Smell Genes
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Apr 02, 2007 |
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A UC Davis researcher is hot on the scent of some lost fruit fly genes. According to population biology graduate student Carolyn McBride, the specialist fruit fly Drosophila sechellia is losing genes for smell and taste receptors ...
Set theory mathematician Paul Cohen dies
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Trailblazing mathematician Paul Cohen, who developed a technique known as forcing to test a hypothesis, has died in Stanford, Calif., at the age of 72.
XenSource Prepares Latest Virtualization Release
Apr 02, 2007 |
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The 3.2 version of the company's open-source-based software adds additional support for Windows Server 2003 and XP, along with iSCSI support.
Deer denigrate Pennsylvania forests
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Pennsylvania natural resources officials say the state's forests aren't showing any new growth because of overgrazing by deer.
Child and adolescent psychiatrists could improve their screening for dating violence
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Even though dating violence is common amongst teens, less than a quarter of U.S. child and adolescent psychiatrists report consistently screening for it, a new study finds.
ScriptLogic Aims to Ease Vista Migration
Apr 02, 2007 |
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ScriptLogic will release version 7.6 of its software aimed at streamlining the migration to Vista from previous Windows operating systems.
British TV ban takes aim at junk food ads
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Britain has instituted a ban on advertising unhealthy food and beverages during TV programming targeted to young children.
