LG claims world's thinnest LCD-TV panel
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 19, 2009 |
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South Korea's LG Display said it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil, describing it as the world's slimmest.
Astronauts say goodbye to Hubble for good (Update)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts tenderly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet.
New contraceptive device is designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 19, 2009 |
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Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have published results showing that a new contraceptive device may also effectively block the transmission of the HIV virus. Findings show that the device prevents infection ...
Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's rover project team is using the Spirit rover and other spacecraft at Mars to begin developing the best maneuvers for extracting Spirit from the soft Martian ground where it has become ...
Sick of the same old thing? Researchers finds satiation solution
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 19, 2009 |
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Have you ever gotten sick of pizza, playing the same computer game, or had a song stuck in your head for so long you never wanted to hear it again? If you have, you may suffer from variety amnesia. In new research, Joseph ...
Research finds mangroves being fed to death
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New UQ Science research has found the increase in nutrients coming out of our river systems is putting pressure on our mangrove forests and making them far more susceptible to environmental ...
New tool helps researchers identify DNA patterns of cancer, genetic disorders
May 19, 2009 |
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A new tool will help researchers identify the minute changes in DNA patterns that lead to cancer, Huntington's disease and a host of other genetic disorders. The tool was developed at North Carolina State ...
Faithful males do not bring flowers
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fairy-wrens are notorious for their infidelity: despite living in seemingly harmonious monogamous pairs, females produce mostly illegitimate young, and males spend more time courting other ...
Scientists determine how body differentiates between a scorch and a scratch
May 19, 2009 |
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You can tell without looking whether you've been stuck by a pin or burnt by a match. But how? In research that overturns conventional wisdom, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the University ...
Google develops algorithm to stem talent loss
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Google, concerned by the recent departures of several top executives, has developed an algorithm to try to identify which employees are likely to quit, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The latest earthquake to hit the nation's second-largest city was a garden-variety temblor by California standards, rumbling through on a Sunday evening when most residents were home eating dinner ...
Quick test for prostate cancer
May 19, 2009 |
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A new 3-minute test could help in diagnosing prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the UK, according to scientists.
TB vaccine gets its groove back
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A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators has cracked one of clinical medicine's enduring mysteries - what happened to the tuberculosis vaccine. The once-effective vaccine no longer prevents the bacterial ...
Exposure to two languages carries far-reaching benefits
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to research conducted at Northwestern University. And their bilingual advantage persists ...
Fallow deer become hoarse in the hunt for a mate
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Fallow deer become hoarse when trying to attract a mate, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
