Honeybees overcome negative buzz in Washington
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Official Washington is all abuzz over honeybees.
'Mixed reality' human helps medical students learn to do intimate exams
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"What brings you in to see me today?"
Famous sloop 'Clearwater' will carry environmental sensor, sending data to Stevens' maritime lab
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Later this week, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology will equip the sloop Clearwater with instrumentation that will provide real-time transmission of position, time, surface water temperature, salinity, and dissolved ...
Changes in brain architecture may be driven by different cognitive challenges
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists trying to understand how the brains of animals evolve have found that evolutionary changes in brain structure reflect the types of social interactions and environmental stimuli ...
Prairie dogs: influencing the accumulation of metals in plants?
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Prairie dogs may seem like harmless little creatures, but they can inflict serious injury on plants simply by snacking on them. Plants cannot flee from their furry predators, so how do they avoid becoming ...
Verizon pushes faster (and pricier) FiOS bundles
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(AP) -- Verizon is boosting speeds on its FiOS service. And it's throwing in a high-definition Flip video camera or Hewlett-Packard computer to get you to join.
Feed your crop, not the weeds
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If you have weed problems in your cropping system, will adding nutrients just feed the weeds?
Unfit Young Adults on Road to Diabetes in Middle Age
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most healthy 25 year olds don't stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away.
Research: Male, female reporters cover sports differently
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Male and female reporters differ in the way they cover sports, especially in regard to the athleticism of female athletes, according to a recent study.
3 plead guilty in BetOnSports online gambling case
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(AP) -- Three former executives of the online sports gambling Web site BetOnSports, including two of the company founder's siblings, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges.
Stomach stapling may lower cancer risk in women
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(AP) -- Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the ...
Monitoring bone density in older women is unnecessary and potentially misleading
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Monitoring bone mineral density in postmenopausal women taking osteoporosis drugs (bisphosphonates) is unnecessary and potentially misleading, concludes a study published on BMJ.com today.
Heart electrical conduction abnormality believed not to be serious may pose cardiovascular risks
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New research indicates that a finding on a routine electrocardiogram that signals a disorder of the electrical conducting system in one part of the heart and previously believed to be benign is associated with an increased ...
Migraines with aura in midlife associated with increased prevalence of brain lesions in older age
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Middle-aged women who had migraine headaches with aura (sensory disturbances, such as with vision, balance or speech) had a higher prevalence of brain lesions when they were older, compared to individuals without similar ...
Is 31P MRS a useful tool for evaluating early acute hepatic radiation injury?
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Acute hepatic radiation injury could lead to necrosis of hepatocytes, fatty degeneration and hepatic fibrosis. At the present, the gold standard test is liver biopsy. However, this procedure is invasive, uncomfortable for ...
