Taiwan's AU Optronics, China firm to set up joint venture
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp said Monday it would set up a flat panel display joint venture with China's Sichuan Changhong Electric Co as it tries to tap the huge Chinese market.
T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in August
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday.
Beating the bullies -- changing real-world behaviour through virtual experience (w/Video)
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Social problems like bullying and stereotyping involve thoughts, feelings and reactions that resist change. New research shows that when students play active roles in virtual dramas their attitudes and behaviour ...
Fruit fly steps in to fight human disease
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Belgian scientists have successfully introduced genes coding for a variant of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, into fruit flies. CMT is one of the most common hereditary disorders of the peripheral nervous system. VIB ...
New device measures heart health with drop of blood
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Is your heart sound? To answer that question, all assistant professor Shashi Murthy needs is a single drop of your blood.
Apple fans are prepared for a part-time Jobs
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Five and a half months ago, word that Steve Jobs would only work part-time as he recovered from a liver transplant would have sent investors into a selling frenzy, so closely linked was Apple's charismatic ...
Physicists develop unique new calibration tool for radio frequencies
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A scientist from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped Fluke Precision Measurement to prove the effectiveness of a unique new tool for calibrating radio frequency (RF) devices.
Swine flu tolls leaps past 52,000, 231 dead: WHO
Jun 22, 2009 |
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The World Health Organisation on Monday reported a huge leap in the swine flu pandemic toll to more than 52,000 people infected and 231 dead.
HP unveils Web-connected printer
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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Hewlett Packard unveiled a printer on Monday with a built-in Web connection that allows printing directly from the Internet without a personal computer.
Adults with asthma not getting their flu shots
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Because of increased risk of complications from influenza, vaccination of adults and children with asthma is recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The Healthy People 2010 Objectives call for annual ...
Intelligent DJ Emerges from Fundamental Research
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Austrian project has made the leap from research bench to shop shelf and is breathing musical intelligence into a digital audio system. This achievement has been made possible by a computer ...
Strong earthquake jolts Anchorage, Alaska
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A strong earthquake jolted a swath of southern Alaska on Monday, sending people diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing little damage.
Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races
Jun 22, 2009 |
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The largest analysis of its kind has found that Caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/ethnic groups to develop a rare bone and soft tissue cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. In addition, among Caucasians ...
Japan plans WTO complaint on SKorea battery rule
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Japan is set to complain to the WTO this week over a South Korean plan to tighten safety regulations on lithium-ion batteries, accusing Seoul of protectionism, a report has said.
Study finds cancer is the second most frequent cause of death in individuals with schizophrenia
Jun 22, 2009 |
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People with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population. That was the conclusion of a new study published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the Am ...
