Archive: 10/22/2008
Reducing CEOs' option-based compensation decreases risky investments
Since the recent bailout on Wall Street, the public has started to heavily scrutinize firms' large executive pay packages. This week, John White, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Adult liver transplant eligibility criteria
The pain is debilitating. The only option: smoking medical marijuana. That's the reality for many hepatitis C patients whose road to health includes a liver transplant. Although Canadian transplant centres are more willing ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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New hope for multiple sclerosis sufferers
A drug which was developed in Cambridge and initially designed to treat a form of leukaemia has also proven effective against combating the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS).
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Memoirs of a qubit: Hybrid memory solves key problem for quantum computing
An international team of scientists has performed the ultimate miniaturisation of computer memory: storing information inside the nucleus of an atom. This breakthrough is a key step in bringing to life a quantum ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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How eating fruit and vegetables can improve cancer patients' response to chemotherapy
The leading cause of death in all cancer patients continues to be the resistance of tumor cells to chemotherapy, a form of treatment in which chemicals are used to kill cells.
Oct 22, 2008 |
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A Futuristic Look Into Playstation Game Play
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tai Chiem, a designer has an eye towards the future. The cylindrical roll-up OLED PSP designed by Chiem is stunning in appearance and looks like a small spotting scope. The innovation within ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 22, 2008 |
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The Medical Minute: There's no trick to a safe Halloween
Halloween is supposed to be a spooky night, but parents don’t have to be scared about their kids’ safety if they follow some simple safety tips from Safe Kids Dauphin County, led by Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Expedition 18 Takes Command on Space Station
Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, along with flight engineers Yury Lonchakov and Greg Chamitoff, officially took charge of the International Space Station Wednesday. The Change of Command Ceremony took ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Researchers developing new drug class to combat Alzheimer's
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received a four-year, $1.87 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue research into discovering a new drug class that will treat Alzheimer's ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Phoenix Lander Finishes Soil Delivery to Onboard Labs
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finished scooping soil samples to deliver to its onboard laboratories, and is now preparing to analyze samples already obtained. Scientists are anxious to analyze ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2008 |
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The Right B Cells at the Right Time Fight Nerve Disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University Medical Center scientists have figured out which type of B cells act -- and at what time -- to keep a multiple-sclerosis (MS)-like disease under control, knowledge that will help to create ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Mapping a clan of mobile selfish genes
Much of human DNA is the genetic equivalent of e-mail spam: short repeated sequences that have no obvious function other than making more of themselves.
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Oct 22, 2008 |
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Using your car key as a credit card?
(PhysOrg.com) -- BMW Group Research and Technology and NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, have unveiled a prototype of the world’s first multifunctional car key. The prototype features ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Researcher improves LCDs with 3-D nanoimaging process
Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics and macromolecular science at Case Western Reserve University, and his research group have developed a method of 3D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such as liquid crystals, with ...
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Nanomaterials May Have Large Environmental Footprint
(PhysOrg.com) -- Environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the process used to manufacture them, according to research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ec ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 22, 2008 |
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