Roberta goes to Europe
Apr 16, 2008 |
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The idea that girls are not interested in science and technology is a popular misconception. For the past five years, school girls have been working with robots in "Roberta courses". And now Roberta is ready ...
Epson, E Ink Develop Breakthrough Controller IC for Electronic Paper Displays
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Seiko Epson and E Ink today announced a jointly developed display controller IC enabling new capabilities for E Ink's Vizplex enabled electronic paper displays. EPD low-power consumption screen technology ...
Panasonic's Wi-Fi Lumix Digital Camera Uploads Photos to Google's Picasa
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Panasonic today introduced a new addition to its award-winning TZ-family of digital cameras, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ50 – complete with Wi-Fi capabilities, standard 802.11b/g wireless LAN connectivity and ...
Dust mites outlast heroic efforts to help asthma patients
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Asthma sufferers might as well stop wasting energy and money on labor-intensive or costly interventions to get rid of household dust, according to a new review of studies.
Disturbed regulation of insulin production
Apr 16, 2008 |
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With participation of scientists of the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, the international study confirms findings that the disease is at least partly based on a misregulation of insulin producing cells.
Experimental drug shows promise in treating certain lymphomas
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 16, 2008 |
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New clinical data showed some cancer patients with recurrent lymphoma benefited from an experimental drug called AME-133v, said a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Limited transparency in federal nanotech research may hamper development
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Without clear leadership and more transparency in federal risk research investment, the emergence of safe nanotechnologies will be a happy accident, rather than a foregone conclusion, says Dr. Andrew Maynard, the Chief Science ...
Study examines the effect of epilepsy on the aging
Apr 16, 2008 |
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An article published in the May 2008 issue of Epilepsia calls attention to the lack of knowledge regarding cognitive aging in chronic epilepsy patients. For persons with chronic epilepsy, little is known about the impact ...
Exercise combats cancer-related fatigue
Apr 16, 2008 |
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When cancer and its treatments leave a patient with a relentless weariness of body and mind, exercise might help, according to a new review of studies.
Studies don't support common treatments for patchy hair loss
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If clumps of your hair start to fall out from a common form of baldness, a new review of existing research unfortunately offers little comfort.
Splints good as casts for minor wrist fractures -- when kids wear them
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Removable splints and plaster casts appears to be equally safe and effective for treating minor “buckle” wrist fractures in children, British researchers report in a new review of studies. However, a U.S. orthopedics expert ...
Older epilepsy drugs do not prevent first seizure from brain tumors
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Many physicians prescribe antiepileptic medications to patients with brain tumors, even to those with no seizure history. Now, a new review of studies casts doubt on the wisdom of using these drugs — which can carry serious ...
Fruit flies show how salmonella escapes immune defenses
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Salmonella are wily and obnoxious bacterial invaders--escape artists capable of evading multiple immune responses and causing a harsh and debilitating intestinal infection.
Interleukin-12 indicates survival prospects for melanoma patients
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Higher blood levels of an immune system protein predict poor survival prospects for melanoma patients with advanced disease, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the annual meeting ...
Muscle mass may not fully explain higher creatinine in blacks with kidney disease
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Why do black patients with advanced kidney disease have higher levels of creatinine, a standard indicator of kidney function, than whites" Contrary to what doctors have thought, the difference may not necessarily reflect ...
