LG announces 'LG Viewty' camera phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 23, 2007 |
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LG Electronics today announced plans to launch 'LG Viewty' KU990, its very first professional-level high feature camera phone, destined to steal the spotlight.
New cancer weapon: nuclear nanocapsules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Rice University chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside DNA-sized tubes of pure carbon -- a method they hope to use to target tiny tumors and even lone leukemia cells.
Scientist uses mass spectrometer to weigh virus particle, von Willebrand factor
Aug 23, 2007 |
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With unprecedented sensitivity, Carnegie Mellon University’s Mark Bier has characterized large viral particles and bulky von Willebrand factors using a novel mass spectrometer. These exciting results may lead to new biological ...
Study: Baby talk is universally understood
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 23, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers found that people in a remote village in Ecuador can understand key features of English by focusing on non-verbal aspects of the language.
New Nano-Sensor Can Detect Asthma Symptoms
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 23, 2007 |
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A sensor developed at the University of Pittsburgh could strip the element of surprise from some asthma attacks by detecting one before its onset. Fitted in a hand-held device, the tiny sensor provides people who have asthma ...
Pioneering tests on odors from plastic water pipe
Aug 23, 2007 |
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“Fruity plastic” may seem like a connoisseur’s description of the bouquet of a bottle of Chardonnay or Merlot gone bad. However, that was among several uncomplimentary terms that a panel of water “sensory experts” used to ...
Study finds Viagra increases release of key reproductive hormone
Aug 23, 2007 |
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The little blue pill may do more than get the blood pumping. Sildenafil — the generic name for Viagra — also increases release of a reproductive hormone in rats, according to a new study.
Struggling male readers respond better to female teachers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Boys with difficulty reading actually respond better to female teachers, according to a new Canadian study. Research shows that boys develop higher positive self-perceptions as readers when they worked with female research ...
Ground-breaking antilandmine radar
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Researchers in The Netherlands are developing a radar system that might one day see through solid earth and could be used to clear conflict zones of landmines, safely and at low cost. Writing in Inderscience's Journal of ...
Emphasis on conifer forests places multiple species at risk
Aug 23, 2007 |
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The traditional emphasis on dense, fast-growing, conifer-dominated forests in the Pacific Northwest raises questions about the health of dozens of animal species that depend on shrubs, herbs and broad-leaf trees, a new analysis ...
Kids need more interaction at storytime
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 23, 2007 |
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A U.S. professor says parents should rethink the way they read to their children, replacing sleepy bedtime stories with interaction.
Separating the brain's 'bad' from 'good' iron
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Duke University chemists are developing ways to bind up iron in the brain to combat the neurological devastation of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. The key is to weed out potentially destructive forms of iron that generate ...
Novel 3-D cell culture model shows selective tumor uptake of nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 23, 2007 |
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A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by University of Nottingham scientists. The project, conducted ...
Social habits of cells may hold key to fighting diseases
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Scientists in Manchester are working to change the social habits of living cells – an innovation that could bring about cleaner and greener fuel and help fight diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
HAWK-I takes off
Aug 23, 2007 |
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Europe's flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new 'eye' to study the Universe. Working in the near-infrared, the new instrument - dubbed HAWK-I - covers about ...
