Archive: 10/19/2006
Norwalk virus hits 2nd Canadian campus
Officials at a Nova Scotia university resumed extra-curricular activities Wednesday following a Norwalk virus outbreak that sickened at least 25 students.
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Enhanced math instruction proposed
Researchers say U.S. high school pupils taking vocational classes with enhanced math instruction do better on standardized math tests than other students.
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Democracy not good at helping poor people
A group of U.S. political scientists has concluded democracy may not be more beneficial to the poor than other political systems, contrary to prior findings.
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Errors in consumer judgments studied
Research shows both experts and novices can make notoriously poor consumer judgments and U.S. scientists say they believe they've determined why that is.
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Review: tooth-whitening products effective
A University of Michigan review of 25 studies concludes at-home tooth-whitening products are effective in the short term.
Oct 19, 2006 |
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In Brief: Russia to build moon rocket
Russia is building a new spaceship that can fly to the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Yes, we have no blue bananas
German scientists say color perception depends not only on an object's pigmentation but also on our knowledge of what the object should look like.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2006 |
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China's fast reactor set for tests in 2010
China's first experimental fast nuclear reactor that can burn up to 70 percent of uranium fuel is expected to start trials in four years.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Temperament linked to onset of cancer and early death in female rats
Female rats that are apprehensive of new experiences as infants maintain that temperament and die earlier from mammary and pituitary tumors than do their more adventuresome sisters, according to new research by a team based ...
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Panasonic Introduces Next Generation Toughbook Rugged Computers
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company today introduced two new rugged Panasonic Toughbook computers: The CF-19 convertible tablet PC, and the flagship CF-30 clamshell notebook.
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Researchers Find Food-free Route to Obesity
Can people get fat -- and risk debilitating diabetes -- without overeating? The answer may be yes, according to Timothy Kieffer, a University of British Columbia researcher, who has found that imbalance in the action of a ...
Oct 19, 2006 |
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IMEC demonstrates multimedia decoding on reconfigurable processor with record power efficiency
IMEC developed a reconfigurable processor for video decoding achieving power efficiencies 6 to 12 times higher than state-of-the-art C-programmed processors. The processor was derived from IMEC’s C-programmable ADRES (Architecture ...
Oct 19, 2006 |
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The Evolution of Our Fungi Relatives
In the latest installment of a major international effort to probe the origins of species, a team of scientists has reconstructed the early evolution of fungi, the biological kingdom now believed to be animals' ...
Biology /
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Store's interior design may be best front against shoplifting, study says
Getting the goods on a thief may not be necessary if a store’s interior is designed to deter shoplifting in the first place, a new University of Florida study finds.
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Visual Imagery Technique Boosts Voting, Study Finds
Registered voters who used a simple visual imagery technique the evening before the 2004 election were significantly more likely to vote the next day, a new study found. It was all a matter of the visual perspective people ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2006 |
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