Instore web 3.0 scouting
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Scientists at Toshiba's Corporate Research and Development Center, in Japan have developed a system that offers shoppers advice on what to buy based on the product barcode and the current weblog buzz around the gadget. The ...
Student Helps Bloggers Overcome Writer's Block
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you write a blog and haven’t been to Skribit (skribit.com) perhaps it’s just a matter of time. Paul Stamatiou created the service as a tool to help cure blogger’s block (writer’s block ...
From mother to daughters: A central mystery in cell division solved
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Dec 09, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key step required for cell division in a study that could help improve therapies to ...
New work on leading wave power
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world. In his dissertation, Rafael Waters presents the findings from ...
Oldest old 'hanging in the balance?'
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A lack of clear-cut, scientific evidence illustrating the benefits of mammography screening in women over 80 has created a trail of controversy leading to a disturbing conclusion about cancer care in America. "We are ill-prepared ...
New research points to new therapy for hepatitis C treatment
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Combination therapies similar to those used for HIV patients may be the best way of treating hepatitis C virus (HCV), say researchers from the University of Leeds.
Researchers probe genetic underpinnings of nicotine addiction
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A new study from the Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows that smokers who carry a particular version of a gene for an enzyme that regulates dopamine ...
Gene associated with diabetes risk suggests link with body clock
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A connection between the body clock and abnormalities in metabolism and diabetes has been suggested in new research by an international team involving the University of Oxford, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ...
Researcher uncovers what athletes need to perform well
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Watching her father qualify for the 1988 Olympics was what inspired UQ PhD graduate Dr Caroline Ringuet to research the needs of high-performance athletes.
Study finds selenium, vitamin E do not prevent prostate cancer
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years did not prevent prostate cancer, ...
People who want access to the NHS should behave more responsibly, says expert
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Patients should recognise they have to take responsibility for their own health if they want access to free healthcare, says a leading academic.
New therapy prevents dangerous side effect for lymphoma patients
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Patients respond well to a new three-drug combination for indolent B cell lymphoma that also spares them prolonged, potentially lethal, suppression of blood production in the bone marrow, researchers at The University of ...
Promising new drug blocks mutation in bone marrow cancers
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researchers have found that an experimental drug successfully blocks an enzyme that causes some bone marrow cancers.
Protein levels indicate risk of death in some colorectal cancer patients
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A pair of proteins may help explain why people with surgically removed colorectal cancer and who are overweight, physically inactive, and follow a Western-pattern diet may have an increased risk of dying of the disease or ...
China's paradoxical policies on HIV and drug use threaten health
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Injection drug users sentenced to compulsory detention under China's paradoxical policies on HIV/AIDS and narcotics suffer human rights abuses that may imperil their health, says a new study published in the open access journal ...
