Archive: 04/09/2009
Space: The final frontier for cell phones?
(AP) -- The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when ...
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Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says
Universities need to embrace new online media, social networks and a culture of "openness" as part of their pedagogy, or they risk becoming seen as anachronisms in today's hyper-connected world where information ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Longfin smelt not endangered in California, regulators say
Longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta do not warrant protection under the federal endangered species law, regulators said Wednesday.
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Scorpion biodiversity
Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global distribution also seen at a more ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller for dying
(AP) -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it. The Food and Drug Administration ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Yelp to let businesses comment publicly on reviews
(AP) -- The review Web site Yelp, which has garnered some criticism from the businesses put under its microscope, will soon let those businesses and others respond publicly to customers' critiques.
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YouTube, Universal Music Group form music venture
(AP) -- YouTube and Universal Music Group are teaming up on an online music video venture that will launch later this year with Universal's entire catalog of nearly 10,000 music videos.
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Huge computer worm Conficker stirring to life
(AP) -- The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Report: Source of Okla. E. coli outbreak a mystery
(AP) -- An extensive investigation has failed to determine how E. coli bacteria was introduced into a northeastern Oklahoma restaurant linked to hundreds of illnesses and one death, the state health board said in a report ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Scientists start to unlock secrets of bird flight
(AP) -- For millennia, people have watched the birds and bees and wondered: "How do they do that?" Thanks to high-speed film and some persistent scientists, at least one of the secrets of flight is now revealed. ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Physicists discover important step for making light crystals (w/Videos)
Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Join STEREO and Explore Gravitational 'Parking Lots' That May Hold Secret of Moon's Origin
Two places on opposite sides of Earth may hold the secret to how the moon was born. NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are about to enter these zones, known as the L4 and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Gene fusion discovery may lead to improved prostate cancer test
A newly discovered gene fusion is highly expressed in a subset of prostate cancers, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. The findings, reported in the April 1 issue of Cancer Research, may le ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections
Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research to be published in the April 14, 2009, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Get Your Vitamin D From Food or Supplements -- Not Tanning Beds
(PhysOrg.com) -- There’s no question that vitamin D does the body good, but tanning beds and unprotected sun exposure are not the best ways to get it, according to dermatologists with UC Physicians.
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