Archive: 11/09/2007
Report: Smoking rate decline hits wall
U.S. health officials say the nation's decline in smoking rates has stalled for the first time in years.
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FDA approves new warnings on anemia drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved revised warnings and labeling changes for the anemia drugs Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit.
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Creationists object to evolution exhibit
An unprecedented exhibit of early human fossils at a Kenyan museum has pitted religious creationists against scientists.
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Landmark trial to evaluate cardioprotective properties of insulin
The ability of insulin to limit heart-tissue damage during a heart attack will be tested in a landmark clinical trial led by Paresh Dandona, M.D., Ph.D., University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the departments of ...
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Expedition 16's First Spacewalk Complete
Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko completed their increment’s first spacewalk Friday at 10:49 a.m. EST. Their 6-hour, 55-minute spacewalk began just over an hour early at 3:54 a.m. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Cell phone jammers raise question: who controls the airwaves?
As more people go about chatting obliviously on their cell phones in public places, foreign companies have enjoyed increasing US sales of a new, albeit illegal, device: the cell phone jammer. When you turn ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Responsible investments do perform
University of Queensland Business School academic, Dr Darren Lee, was one of eight experts from around the world dispelling the myth that responsible investments are doomed to under-perform.
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Samsung, NXP and T3G showcase world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM multi-mode mobile phone
Samsung, NXP Semiconductors and T3G Technologies, today announced the world's first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi-mode mobile phone, which has also been demoed at the PT/Wireless Exposition in Beijing on October 23rd.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Biologists use microfluidics chips to watch worm behavior
Tiny roundworms called Caenorhabditis elegans have a rather uncomplicated method for finding food: They wriggle and turn and explore new territory until they find something edible, and then they stay the course until the ...
Biology /
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NASA Unveils New Antenna Network in White Sands, N.M.
Engineers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., showcased the new 18-meter Ka Band Antenna Network, the first such system in agency history, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the White ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Students get charge out of pedal power
MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. Rather than consuming electricity, you'll be burning calories--your own.
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Carbon nanotubes could go antiballistic
CSIRO (Australia) has been granted $2 million under the Defence Capability and Technology Demonstrator (CTD) Program to demonstrate the capabilities of carbon nanotubes as strong, lightweight antiballistic materials.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2007 |
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New technology illuminates protein interactions in living cells
While fluorescence has long been used to tag biological molecules, a new technology developed at Yale allows researchers to use tiny fluorescent probes to rapidly detect and identify protein interactions within ...
Biology /
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf
University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model that mimics ...
Biology /
Nov 09, 2007 |
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1 in 5 young Britons has sex with someone new while abroad
Around one in five young Britons has sex with a new partner while overseas, finds research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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