Researchers shed light on how tumor cells form
Jun 21, 2006 |
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MIT cancer researchers have discovered a process that may explain how some tumor cells form, a discovery that could one day lead to new therapies that prevent defective cells from growing and spreading.
Study: Portion size is all in your mind
Jun 21, 2006 |
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U.S. researchers say you can ignore the number of portions listed on nutrition labels -- the scientists say portion size is all in your mind.
Florida man not really Genghis descendent
Jun 21, 2006 |
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A Florida man was elated when he was told a DNA test showed he was descended from Genghis Khan, only to learn a subsequent DNA test found otherwise.
Metcalfe's Law Is Wrong
Jun 21, 2006 |
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The devil is in the details. Of all the popular ideas of the Internet boom, one of the most dangerously influential was Metcalfe's Law. Simply put, it says that the value of a communications network is proportional to the ...
Cyber-protests grow over soccer sex slaves
Jun 21, 2006 |
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The international campaign against sex-slave trafficking in Germany at the World Cup is gaining momentum online, where one group has generated a petition with 20,000 signatures of protesters outraged at the ...
Study: Most pedometer readings inaccurate
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 21, 2006 |
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Belgium researchers say they tested nearly 1,000 pedometers and discovered most of the devices produce inaccurate readings.
California teens use Rice's NanoKids for virtual nanotech training
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 21, 2006 |
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A team of "virtual" teachers developed by a Rice University nanotechnology researcher are going to help some of California's brightest high school students design, build and test new structures, one atom at a time.
In Brief: Body may be younger than it looks
Jun 21, 2006 |
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A Swedish researcher says you may not be as old as you think you are.
Substance from green leaves dampens appetite
Jun 21, 2006 |
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Could a substance found in green leaves be used as a means of combating obesity, by being added to various functional foods to keep the consumer feeling full longer? This is the hope of a research team at Lund University ...
NASA celebrates 30 years of Mars research
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 21, 2006 |
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NASA will host a Thursday symposium titled "Mars: Past, Present and Future" at the space agency's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
MIT warns of dumping seafood
Jun 21, 2006 |
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In its latest outreach campaign, MIT Sea Grant has developed an educational pamphlet to encourage people not to release or dump live and fresh seafood and seafood waste into the wild.
Depression rocks post-Katrina New Orleans
Jun 21, 2006 |
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Experts say depression is at a high level in New Orleans as the city suffers from Hurricane Katrina's wrath nearly 10 months after the storm.
Drugs may cause violence in sleep
Jun 21, 2006 |
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A new study links antidepressant drugs to people who act out violent dreams but U.S. experts say more tests are needed before the drugs should be stopped.
Deal dumps on toxic pollution from electronic circuitry
Jun 21, 2006 |
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Reducing the toxic pollution of landfill sites from lead in the circuits of dumped electronic equipment is the aim of a research agreement between The University of Queensland and a major Japanese metals company.
Semantics poses challenge for Web services
Jun 21, 2006 |
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) software design promises to populate the world's networks with many small, lightweight, reusable programs that can automatically combine to perform a vast range of services. ...
