30-year follow-up study: 'Tremendous' impact of smoking on mortality and cardiovascular disease
May 08, 2009 |
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Non-smokers live longer and have less cardiovascular disease than those who smoke, according to a 30-year follow-up study of 54,000 men and women in Norway. Smoking, say the investigators, is "strongly" related to cardiovascular ...
A nimbus rises in the world of cloud computing
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 08, 2009 |
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Cloud computing is a hot topic in the technology world these days. Even if you're not a tech-phile, chances are if you've watched a lot of television or skimmed a business magazine, you've heard someone talking ...
Will the economic crisis lead to major societal changes?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 08, 2009 |
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Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from those of their parents? Why has the size of Japanese families ...
Sun Micro: We may have broken US anti-bribery law
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking ...
NASA begins launch countdown for Hubble mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA began the countdown for its final trip to the Hubble Space Telescope on Friday as the astronauts who will attempt the daunting repairs arrived at the launching site.
Scientists identify how key protein keeps chronic infection in check
May 08, 2009 |
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Why is the immune system able to fight off some viruses but not others, leading to chronic, life-threatening infections like HIV and hepatitis C?
Pandemic, or just a bad bug? (w/Webcast)
May 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- International alarm about swine flu is ebbing as the virus has proven far less virulent than was feared. But important questions and concerns remain about the new flu strain and its potential ...
New technique may help detect potential breast cancer spread
May 08, 2009 |
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A new phase III clinical trial of early stage breast cancer patients has shown that a molecule designed to home in on nearby lymph nodes is just as accurate as current techniques, but faster, more specific and easier to use.
Skin color clue to nicotine dependence
May 08, 2009 |
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Higher concentrations of melanin -- the color pigment in skin and hair -- may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, ...
Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil uncovered in southern Utah has a clutch of eggs inside, making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States.
Sex life of plants reveals conflicts between the sexes
May 08, 2009 |
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The pollen grains of male plants live in great competition. A grain of pollen that succeeds in manipulating the flower’s pistil can emerge victorious from the struggle. This is shown by new research from Lund University in ...
Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.
Japan software firm shrugs off rape game protests
May 08, 2009 |
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A Japanese computer game maker on Friday dismissed a protest by US rights campaigners against the game "RapeLay", which lets players simulate sexual violence against females.
Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the ...
2 rare elephants found dead in Indonesian jungle
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two rare Sumatran elephants believed to have been poisoned with cyanide-laced pineapples were found dead in the jungles of northwestern Indonesia with their tusks removed, a conservationist said.
