Alcohol and smoking are key causes for bowel cancer
Jun 02, 2009 |
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A new global study has found that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer. Researchers have shown that people who consume the largest quantities ...
Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.
The Future is Ultra-Thin: Intel Introns New Ultra-Low Voltage Chips
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Today at Computex, Intel Corporation introduced four new processors, including a low-power version and a value chipset, to usher in mainstream "ultra-thin" laptops.
How to be a good boss in a bad economy
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When cutbacks are necessary, can a good boss do right by the company's finances and by its staff? Some pain is probably unavoidable, but Stanford management science and engineering Professor Bob Sutton says ...
Skin lesion leads to more cancer types than once believed
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin — often pink and scaly — that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma.
Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in ...
Universities like women in sciences; women aren't so sure
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Women with advanced degrees in math, science and engineering are more likely than men to be chosen for faculty positions and promotions -- when they apply.
Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
16 Gb SanDisk Netbook SDHC: More Storage for Your Netbook
Jun 02, 2009 |
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SanDisk today announced the SanDisk Netbook SDHC removable flash memory card, offering consumers an easy way to significantly increase their netbooks' storage capacity. Consumers simply insert the SanDisk ...
Computer modeling shows strategies to rein in epidemics need to be retooled for rural populations
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks.
Improved techniques will help control heat in large data centers
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Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn't power the computer servers that conduct online transactions, serve Web pages or store information. Instead, that electricity ...
Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana.
Targeting breast cancer stem cells in mice
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Cancer develops when cells known as cancer stem cells begin to divide in an uncontrolled manner. Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified roles for the gene PTEN, ...
Out-of-pocket health-care costs rise for workers with employer coverage
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, according to a study published today on the Health Affairs Web site.
Scientists examine human behavior and the threat of disease
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As swine flu spread from Mexico to Texas and then fanned out farther in the United States, Americans began to alter their behavior. Families kept children home from school, postponed trips to the mall, and stayed home instead ...
