Archive: 01/07/2009
Swarm of Yellowstone earthquakes doesn't pose risk, scientists say
When you have 400 earthquakes on top of one of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth, people pay attention.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
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More medical myths: Turkey doesn't make you tired?
What if someone told you turkey doesn't make you tired, or that you nails really don't keep growing after you die?
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Search website offers a visual alternative
Like most everyone these days, when you need to search the Internet for just about anything, you use Google. Let's face it. Google is the undisputed champion when it comes to Internet searching. It's become so mainstream ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Let's see more of these technological innovations in '09
As we begin 2009, let's take a look back at what 2008 brought us in technology. Here are four positive trends that I hope will continue.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Updated Silicon Valley history book shows how far we've come
Silicon Valley historian John McLaughlin figured maybe it was time to update his work.
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Scientists take off on historic mission to measure greenhouse gases that have an impact on climate
HIAPER, one of the nation's most advanced research aircraft, is scheduled to embark on an historic mission spanning the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Cost containment focus could have consequences for health care delivery
The drive toward containing health care costs could have the unintended consequence of reducing physician productivity, impairing quality and perhaps even increasing costs, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians ...
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Mountaineers measure lowest human blood oxygen levels on record
The lowest ever levels of oxygen in humans have been reported in climbers on an expedition led by UCL (University College London) doctors. The world-first measurements of blood oxygen levels in climbers near the top of Mount ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Gene abnormality found to predict childhood leukemia relapse
Scientists have identified mutations in a gene that predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Although the researchers caution that further research is needed to determine how ...
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Repeat C-section before 39 weeks raises risk of neonatal illness
Women choosing repeat cesarean deliveries and having them at term but before completing 39 weeks gestation are up to two times more likely to have a baby with serious complications including respiratory distress resulting ...
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Women's access to donated kidneys declines with age, particularly compared with men
Younger women have equivalent access to kidney transplants compared with their male counterparts, but older women receive transplants much less frequently than older men, according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue ...
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NASA Balloon Mission Tunes in to a Cosmic Radio Mystery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Listening to the early universe just got harder. A team led by Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., today announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That's Just Right
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cellular engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have determined that cardiomyocytes, the specialized cells that form the heart muscle, thrive when cultured in an environment that mimics their own elastic ...
Biology /
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IBM Delivers New 'Social' Lotus Notes and Free Symphony Software for Macs
At Macworld, IBM today announced the availability of Lotus Notes 8.5 collaboration software with social computing features for all Mac OS X Leopard-powered computers. In addition, IBM's free Lotus Symphony document, spreadsheet ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Engineers develop new power line de-icing system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth engineering professor and entrepreneur Victor Petrenko—along with his colleagues at Dartmouth and at Ice Engineering LLC in Lebanon, N.H.—have invented a way to cheaply and effectively ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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