Archive: 05/02/2006
Study: Regulate alcohol marketing
The U.S. alcohol industry snares too many underage drinkers and its marketing practices should be federally regulated, a Columbia University study concludes.
May 02, 2006 |
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Scientists study speed camera efficacy
Australian research reviewers say "speed cameras" and other devices can cut vehicle accident rates by allowing officials to identify and charge speeders.
May 02, 2006 |
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Area safety may play role in obesity
A Pennsylvania study suggests mothers of young children are more likely to be obese when they perceive their neighborhoods as unsafe.
May 02, 2006 |
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Samsung and T-Mobile release T509
Samsung Telecommunications America and T-Mobile USA announced Tuesday the retail availability of the thinnest bar phone available in the U.S. market.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 02, 2006 |
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St. Jude bird flu vaccine test successful
U.S. scientists say a commercially developed vaccine has successfully protected mice and ferrets against a highly lethal avian influenza virus.
May 02, 2006 |
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Seattle top Microsoft gaming city
Seattle was named top video-gaming city in the United States Microsoft and Sperling's BestPlaces announced Tuesday.
May 02, 2006 |
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Targeted virus compels cancer cells to eat themselves
An engineered virus tracks down and infects the most common and deadly form of brain cancer and then kills tumor cells by forcing them to devour themselves, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ...
May 02, 2006 |
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Producing Dark Matter
“Colliders have been the tool of choice for particle physicists to look at smaller and smaller particles. All a sudden we are realizing that we can use them not only to understand things at smaller scales, but for understanding ...
May 02, 2006 |
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T Cell 'Brakes' Lost During Human Evolution
A significant difference between human and chimpanzee immune cells may provide clues in the search to understand the diverse array of human immune-related diseases. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) ...
May 02, 2006 |
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Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the industry's first amorphous silicon (a-Si) seven-inch, single-chip TFT-LCD panel that reproduces colors in high resolution (WVGA-level, 800×480 pixels).
May 02, 2006 |
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Italians report major dinosaur discovery
Italian scientists report discovering Titanosaurus bones that might change the accepted scientific picture of the dinosaur.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 02, 2006 |
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A large Roman-era villa is discovered
Italian archeologists have reportedly discovered the remains of a huge Roman villa near Florence -- the first ever in the popular tourist area.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 02, 2006 |
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Is a Russian peninsula really part of North America?
For many years geologists have harbored a belief that the Kamchatka Peninsula, shrouded in mystery and secrecy on Russia's east coast, actually sits on the same tectonic plate as the mainland United States, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 02, 2006 |
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IBM Researchers Demonstrate New Method for Rapid Molecule Sorting and Delivery
IBM researchers have demonstrated a new nanoscale method that both rapidly separates very small numbers of molecules and also delivers them precisely onto surfaces with unprecedented control. When fully developed, ...
May 02, 2006 |
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Exeter Engineers in race to develop malaria detector
University of Exeter engineers are leading a Europe wide partnership worth almost one million pounds to develop the world’s first non-invasive detector for malaria.
May 02, 2006 |
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