Archive: 02/25/2009
iPod Touch offers video-game fun
My video-game addiction took on a new, smaller footprint after the holidays. Resigning myself to the fact that my four-year-old iPod was never going to die of its own accord, I proactively put the clunky, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 25, 2009 |
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British researcher says Facebook a brain drain
This is your brain. This is your brain on Facebook.
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Toshiba signs agreement for 2 nuclear plants in Texas
Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement for two new nuclear plants to be built under the U.S. South Texas Project.
Feb 25, 2009 |
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BUSM researchers encourage use of potassium iodide
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are strongly encouraging prenatal vitamin manufacturers to use only potassium iodide and not other sources of iodine in their products. According to the researchers, ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Heart-healthy, low-cal diets promote weight loss regardless of fat, protein and carb content
Heart-healthy diets that reduce calorie intake—regardless of differing proportions of fat, protein, or carbohydrate—can help overweight and obese adults achieve and maintain weight loss, according to a study funded by the ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Naturally produced estrogen may protect women from Parkinson's disease
Women who have more years of fertility (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than women with fewer years, according to a large, new study by researchers at Albert ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Study predicts when invasive species can travel more readily by air
Global airlines be forewarned: June 2010 could be a busy month for invasive plants, insects and animals seeking free rides to distant lands.
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Stalagmites in Northeast Brazilian Caves Confirm 9,000-Year Model of Diminishing Rainfall
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, researchers studying climate history in Brazil’s dry Nordeste region expected it to have wet and dry periods similar to the rest of South America. But over the past 9,000 years, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Scientists Find Asteroids Are Missing, and Possibly Why
(PhysOrg.com) -- The patterns of missing asteroids are like the footprints of wandering giant planets preserved in the asteroid belt.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2009 |
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New findings measure precise impact of fat on cancer spread
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have precisely measured the impact of a high-fat diet on the spread of cancer, finding that excessive dietary fat caused a 300 percent increase in metastasizing ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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The Medical Minute: Putting the freeze on abnormal heart beats
(PhysOrg.com) -- In some people, the heart has a tendency to race due to abnormal electrical signals that tell the heart muscle when to contract. Abnormal electrical activation of the heart with changes in the rate or regular ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Psychologists' study finds TV ratings for kids' shows don't reflect aggressive content
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists from Iowa State University and Linfield College has found that TV ratings don't accurately reflect the aggressive content found in shows popular among children ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Self-aligning carbon nanotubes could be key to next generation of devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers the world over have thought for years that the next generation of smaller, more-efficient electronic and photonic devices could be based on the use of carbon nanotubes, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Brain protein may be a target for fast-acting antidepressants
(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes weeks or months for the effect of most antidepressants to kick in, time that can feel like an eternity to those who need the drugs the most. But new research suggests that a protein called p11, previously ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Reverse Chemical Switching of a Ferroelectric Film
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ferroelectric materials display a spontaneous electric polarization below the Curie temperature that can be reoriented, typically by applying an electric field. In this study, researchers ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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