Early word recognition is key to lifelong reading skills says new study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2009 |
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Children’s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills a new study from the University of Leicester has discovered.
Insignia digital camcorder (short review)
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 06, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
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Product: Insignia 5-megapixel high-definition digital camcorder (model: NS-DCC5HB09).
A guide to the invisible: Doubling the fluorescence microscopy resolution (w/Video)
May 06, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial tool in the evolution of scientific capability in bioscience, the fluorescence microscope has allowed a generation of scientists to study the properties of proteins inside cells. Yet as human capacity ...
Intel, Microsoft, Dell band together for WiGig
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wi-Fi, WiMax, WirelessHD, WHDI and now ... WiGig?
Review: Mini monitor can be a useful desktop annex
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 06, 2009 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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(AP) -- When you're surfing the Web, editing photos, listening to MP3s and tweeting, it's easy to run out of real estate on your computer display. If only you had a little extra screen - like a digital kid ...
Feds: Mountain-dwelling pika may need protection
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A tiny mammal that can't handle warm weather could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endangered Species Act protection primarily because of climate change.
Sleep Apnea May Not Be Closely Linked to Heart Failure Severity
May 06, 2009 |
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA) are not markedly decreased in heart failure (HF) patients managed with beta-blockers and spironolactone, reports a study in the March issue of Journal of Cardiac Fai ...
Nurses are assessing mothers with mental health issues despite lack of guidance and formal training
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2009 |
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Researchers have raised serious concerns about the lack of guidance and training provided for nurses involved in assessing the parenting capacity of mothers with serious mental illnesses.
Why policy changes during Obama presidency will be more significant than during Clinton, Reagan eras
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 06, 2009 |
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Unlike the post-election disappointment that has followed many election outcomes, the Obama presidency will likely break through a structural bias in American politics favoring the status quo and bring about significant changes ...
Nanoparticles May Help Optimize Chemotherapy
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group reported recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have engineered nanoparticles to help block a protein process that takes place in tumors, making the tu ...
Amazon unveils large-screen Kindle DX
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 06, 2009 |
1.7 / 5 (3) |
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Online retail giant Amazon.com unveiled a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks.
Phone home and call likely answered on the cell
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. It is the ...
Swine flu genes dissimilar to past pandemics
May 06, 2009 |
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Some genetic markers of influenza infection severity have been identified from past outbreaks. Researchers have failed to find most of these markers, described in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, in samples of the ...
Genes found to play a role in breast cancer's spread to the brain
May 06, 2009 |
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New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms ...
Teach your children well: Focused, happier kids grow up to be healthier adults, study finds
May 06, 2009 |
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Children who can stay focused and don't sweat the small stuff have a better shot at good health in adulthood -- and this is especially true for girls, according to a new study.
