Archive: 09/10/2009
Nationwide spread of Lyme disease is focus of new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyme disease has become a major public health issue in the northeastern United States since it was first identified in Connecticut in the 1970s. But the scientific community is uncertain as to why the risk ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Facebook: 65 million users connect through mobile devices
Facebook says more than 65 million people around the world now regularly use a mobile device to access the social network, more than triple the number who connected through a smart-phone or other mobile device nine months ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Digital business cards move networking off paper
With more than 40,000 direct professional contacts on LinkedIn, Steven Burda wants to ensure he always has up-to-date information to maintain his network. He couldn't resist signing up for a digital business card, where users' ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Seeing mental illness in a different light
Part of Tom Wootton's standard opening to his talks on mental illness is to pause, scan the audience and call for a show of hands.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Fetal alcohol syndrome needs more awareness, group says
For a decade now, the call has gone out every year on the ninth day of the ninth month warning women about the dangers of drinking while pregnant, yet Fetal Alcohol Syndrome remains stubbornly below the national radar, some ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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New Sony Blu-Ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video
Offering the best of full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, Sony today introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc player.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Studies: 1 dose of swine flu vaccine works
(AP) -- Good news in the world's flu fight: One dose of the new swine flu vaccine looks strong enough to protect adults - and can spark protection within 10 days of the shot, Australian and U.S. researchers ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online
(AP) -- Some of the world's biggest technology companies say they can help publishers successfully charge readers for news online. If only that were the hard part.
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Google opens the hood on search for Wall Street
Google Inc. sought to demonstrate for Wall Street analysts on Wednesday why it continues to pour money into an established Internet search business that already accounts for a majority of its sales every quarter.
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New U.S. Census report shows poverty increasing more in West than elsewhere
Income in the 13 western states didn't decline as steeply in 2008 as elsewhere in the country, but poverty went up more, according to a researcher at the West Coast Poverty Center at the University of Washington.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Did drug-resistant swine flu spread at NC camp?
(AP) -- Health officials are reporting what may be the first instance of a Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus spreading from one person to another.
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50 millionth unique chemical substance recorded in CAS Registry
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, announced that on September 7 it recorded the 50 millionth substance in CAS REGISTRY, the world's most comprehensive and high-quality compendium ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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As ash borer claims more trees, researcher works for species survival
Mark Widrlechner may someday be known as the modern-day Johnny Appleseed for ash trees. As the devastating insect emerald ash borer is working its way across North America destroying almost all the native ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain
(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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TD Ameritrade data theft settlement nears approval
(AP) -- The settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is nearing approval, but the more than 6 million current and former customers affected will have to wait a little while ...
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