Archive: 06/19/2009
Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case
(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Study: Tobacco companies changed design of cigarettes without alerting smokers
As President Obama prepares to sign a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of the tobacco industry, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus
(AP) -- Coming soon to a campus near you - the Google tricycle.
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Researchers observe single protein dimers wavering between two symmetrically opposed structures
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, the University of California, San Diego, and Ohio State University have used a very sensitive fluorescence technique to find that a bacterial protein thought to exist in one ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Plant communication: Sagebrush engage in self-recognition and warn of danger
"To thine own self be true" may take on a new meaning—not with people or animal behavior but with plant behavior.
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells
University of Georgia researchers have developed a successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Intel program spotlights dubious online claims
Intel has launched software that sniffs out questionable claims at websites.
Jun 19, 2009 |
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New evidence that vinegar may be natural fat-fighter
Researchers in Japan are reporting new evidence that the ordinary vinegar -- a staple in oil-and-vinegar salad dressings, pickles, and other foods -- may live up to its age-old reputation in folk medicine ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Study advises Chinese government to change fuel in millions of households
Scientists in China are recommending that the Chinese government consider phasing out the direct burning of traditional chunks of coal in millions of households. It suggests that the government substitute ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Colleges expand summer sessions
Summer session -- once a relatively small piece of the academic calendar -- is now a full-blown term for most colleges and universities, with more offerings, more students and more of an expectation that you can't graduate ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Canada proposes six chemicals ban in toys, new lead limits
Canada's Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq on Friday proposed banning six commonly-used chemicals in soft vinyl toys and child-care articles, as well as new strict limits for lead in products.
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Cable venture suspends first advertising product
(AP) -- A joint venture formed by the nation's six largest cable operators is suspending trials of its first advertising product before it even gets off the ground.
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Scientists and public differ on views about nanotechnology regulation
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to regulating nanotechnology - a burgeoning global industry with wide-ranging potential applications - a new study led by professors Dietram Scheufele at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study
Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Study of agricultural watersheds and carbon losses
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains are an underquantified portion of the terrestrial carbon cycle. This is particularly important in the eastern corn belt where tile drainage dominates the agricultural ...
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