Is love at first sight real? Geneticists offer tantalizing clues
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Leave it to geneticists to answer a question that has perplexed humanity since the dawn of time: does love at first sight truly exist? According to a study published in the April 2009 issue of the journal Genetics, a team ...
Applying Newton's Laws of Motion to Baseball Pitching
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The April 2009 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine profiles Mike Marshall, the former major league baseball hurler who teaches a pitching methodology based on Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion.
Biologists use DNA to study migration of threatened whale sharks
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giants of the fish world that strike terror only among tiny creatures like the plankton and krill they eat -- are imperiled by over-fishing of the species in parts of its ocean range.
Harmful 'red tide' hits Dubai beaches
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Beaches in the Gulf tourism hub of Dubai have been plagued by a bloom of algae known as the "red tide" that has killed fish and is potentially harmful to humans, a municipality official said on Tuesday.
Sony PS3 tops Nintendo Wii in Japan in March: survey
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.
ACS announces winners of 'What is Nano?' video contest
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the winners of the "What is Nano?" video contest held by ACS Nanotation, the Web community site for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers and enthusiasts. Organized as ...
Teaching autistic teens to make friends
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During the first week of class, the teens' eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12, though, these same kids were talkative, responsive and engaged.
New medications show promise in treating drug-resistant prostate cancer
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A new therapy for metastatic prostate cancer has shown considerable promise in early clinical trials involving patients whose disease has become resistant to current drugs.
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever (w/Video)
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Killing just the older mosquitoes would be a more sustainable way of controlling malaria, according to entomologists who add that the approach may lead to evolution-proof insecticides that never become obsolete.
Catheter helps get oxygen to blood when lungs aren't working
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When Kelli Justice walked into her baby's room at Kentucky Children's Hospital, it was terrifying.
Weight discrimination could contribute to the glass ceiling effect for women, study finds (w/Video)
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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Weight discrimination appears to add to the glass ceiling effect for women, finds a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University scholar.
NASA Selects Material for Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for ...
High tech needs patent reform
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It isn't often that you see heavyweights in the tech world duking it out in a high-stakes match, with Congress as the referee. It's happening today over proposed reforms in patent law, which pits the software and information ...
Calif. river system is nation's most endangered
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(AP) -- California's two longest rivers have been named the country's most endangered waterways because of outdated water management and poor flood planning, according to an environmental advocacy group.
DSi adds cameras, downloads to Nintendo's portable
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When Nintendo introduced its portable DS system in 2004, many longtime fans were skeptical. Its innovations - the dual screens, the stylus-based controls, the built-in microphone - seemed gimmicky. ...
