Consumers to burn downloaded movies
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Fans of downloaded movies could get licenses to burn DVDs they purchase online. Broadband video-on-demand service Movielink and digital media software company Sonic Solutions have signed a licensing agreement for technology, ...
Networking: Downloading movies a hit
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Consumer spending on mobile networking applications -- mobile search, movie downloads and other innovative applications -- surged in the United States and overseas during the just-completed quarter, sources tell UPI's Networking.
Study: How some cancers become leukemia
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U.S. researchers say they've found how cancer-triggering oncogenes allow blood cells to self-renew and become leukemia stem cells.
Experts debate best alternative to mother's milk
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Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) re-emphasized the importance of breastfeeding by setting new global standards for child development.
Newer, less aggressive air bags protect adults and pose less risk to children
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Front air bags reduce injury and death for most drivers and front-seat passengers in vehicle crashes, yet first-generation air bags, installed in motor vehicles until 1998, deploy with such force that they put children and ...
Video site creates 'shows' of user content
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As online video sites have exploded in popularity, many have been left wondering if a successful business model will emerge. Pay-for-content and putting commercials in the videos have both been oft-tried and oft-failed models.
AIDS: No vaccine after 25 years
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After 25 years and billions of research dollars the world's scientists have been unable to develop a vaccine that provides immunity against AIDS.
NASA's Marks 30th Anniversary of Mars Viking Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Thirty years after the first successful landing on Mars by NASA's Viking spacecraft, the ambitious mission continues to evoke pride and enthusiasm for future space exploration.
Baby teeth might be source of stem cells
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A Texas company has reportedly started freezing stem cells taken from baby teeth pulp tissue in hopes the cells might some day lead to disease treatments.
Physics to the rescue of the fresco
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When Florence was hit by disastrous floods in 1966, art conservation experts rushed to the city to save as many priceless pieces of art as they could. Now Florentine scientists have developed a tool to help restorers preserve ...
Many British girls choose early motherhood
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Teenage girls in Britain who get pregnant are mostly doing it by choice, a new study found.
'Paint-On’ Antenna Test Flight Paves Way for Next-Generation High-Altitude Airships
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"Paint-on" antennas, designed to establish new high-altitude communications and surveillance platforms, successfully transmitted voice and data links as well as teleconferencing capabilities during test flights ...
Tuna near extinction in Mediterranean
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The World Wildlife Fund says bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean is nearing extinction.
Pacific Ocean floor to be explored
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Scientists prepared Monday to explore the seafloor near Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean with remotely operated underwater vehicles.
Nano World: Acid sensors for cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Scientists have devised the first sensors only nanometers or billionths of a meter long that can detect how acidic the environment around them is, experts told UPI's Nano World.
