1 in 5 young Britons has sex with someone new while abroad
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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.
Drought leaves Tenn. town dry
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Rain brought some relief this week to the Tennessee Valley but a serious drought persisted throughout most of the Southeast United States.
A dynamical systems hypothesis of schizophrenia
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The inconsistent expressions related to schizophrenia are newly structured in a recent study by researchers at the Universitas Pompeau Fabra (Barcelona), and Oxford University. Marco Loh, Edmund Rolls and Gustavo Deco have ...
Tailored for optical applications
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When a calcite crystal is placed onto a printed page, the letters appear doubled. This is the result of a property called birefringence. Scientists at the Simon Fraser University in Canada have now developed a material that ...
Students get charge out of pedal power
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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.
Responsible investments do perform
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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.
New technology illuminates protein interactions in living cells
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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 ...
Identical twins survive surgery in womb
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British doctors say identical twin boys were born healthy after undergoing surgery while in the womb to treat a life-threatening illness.
Biologists use microfluidics chips to watch worm behavior
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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 ...
Rare butterfly puts stop to construction
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Norwegian officials have stopped a major construction project in Halden after the endangered Chequered Blue Butterfly (Scolitantides orion) was spotted.
Abnormal immune cells may cause unprovoked anaphylaxis
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Two new clinical reports shed light on why some people suffer from recurrent episodes of idiopathic anaphylaxis--a potentially life-threatening condition of unknown cause characterized by a drop in blood pressure, fainting ...
Samsung, NXP and T3G showcase world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM multi-mode mobile phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 09, 2007 |
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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.
Expedition 16's First Spacewalk Complete
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 09, 2007 |
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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. ...
Researchers uncover clues to horse herpes and neurologic disorders
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Sometimes, a small change can make a big difference. Such is the case with the horse herpes virus: A change in just one amino acid can make all the difference between triggering a cold or a life-threatening ...
Interferon does not slow or stop hepatitis C from worsening, study finds
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Interferon does not slow or halt the progression of chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease in patients who haven’t responded to previous attempts to eradicate the disease, a national study in which the Saint Louis ...
