Archive: 06/06/2009
Medvedev slams biofuel producers at grain summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday urged countries to switch to non-food sources of biofuel to prevent the spread of hunger in a world where every sixth person is malnourished.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 06, 2009 |
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People with Intellectual Disabilities Particularly Vulnerable to Effects of Tobacco Use
While tobacco use is an ongoing health hazard for the entire population, its consequences for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities can be especially severe. And the medical community often tends to overlook ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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Archaeologists Locate Confederate Cannons, Naval Yard
Archaeologists from the University of South Carolina and East Carolina University have located two large cannon from a sunken Confederate gunboat in the Pee Dee River and have identified where the Mars Bluff Naval Yard once ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 06, 2009 |
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GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients
A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down "wandering" seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 06, 2009 |
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YouTube showing Besson documentary 'Home'
YouTube on Friday announced it is showing "Home," an environmental documentary about Earth produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, at the same time as it is being released in theaters.
Jun 06, 2009 |
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New CDC chief to target smoking; led charge in NYC
(AP) -- Dr. Thomas Frieden has swung a big stick as New York City's top health official, pushing through bans on smoking and artery-clogging trans fats.
Jun 06, 2009 |
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Kennedy bill would make employers provide care
(AP) -- Employers would be required to offer health care to employees or pay a penalty - and all Americans would be guaranteed health insurance - under a draft bill circulated Friday by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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EPA sued over claims of air pollution in West
(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was sued Friday by an environmental group that claims the agency has failed to safeguard public health in the West by not limiting the transmission of air pollution across ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology
(AP) -- The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly fire incident that left a cop dead ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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Researchers develop the first climate-based model to predict Dengue fever outbreaks
Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most important vector-borne viral diseases in the World. Around 50-100 million cases appear each year putting 2.5 billion people at risk of suffering ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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Fatty foods fire up hunger hormone
New research led by the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that the hunger hormone ghrelin is activated by fats from the foods we eat—not those made in the body—in order to optimize nutrient metabolism and promote the ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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China Pearl River Delta Creating Large Amounts of Hydroxyl Radicals
A team of atmospheric scientists have published their field study findings about unusual chemical reactions taking place in the Pearl River Delta in China during 2006. The Julich Research Center's Institute ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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