GE to open advanced tech center in Michigan
Jun 26, 2009 |
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General Electric announced plans Friday to open an "advanced manufacturing technology and software center" in Michigan that could create more than 1,100 job in the coming years.
Platypus link to ovarian cancer
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer.
QuikScat Finds Tempests Brewing In 'Ordinary' Storms
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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"June is busting out all over," as the song says, and with it, U.S. residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts begin to gaze warily toward the ocean, aware that the hurricane season is revving up. In the ...
Researchers identify enzyme that makes survival molecule for key vision cells
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Research lead by Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, identifying an enzyme that makes neuroprotectin D1 which specifically and ...
Language change can be traced using gigantic text archives
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Historical collections that include everything ever written in a dozen American and British newspapers since they started are now available electronically. Donald MacQueen from Uppsala University, Sweden, ...
Climate phenomenon influences England's chances in the Australian leg of the Ashes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon has been shown to have a significant effect on the results of the Ashes cricket series. When the series is held in Australia, the Australian Cricket team is more likely to ...
Giant alien robots start life as sketches
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Giant alien robots don't actually exist. So the dozens featured in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" had to be built from the ground up.
Dietary fat linked to pancreatic cancer
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High intake of dietary fats from red meat and dairy products was associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study published online June 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Gartner predicts PC shipment growth in 4Q
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gartner Inc. analysts are predicting this holiday season will be sweeter than last year's for the PC industry.
US teens spend more time watching TV than on computer
Jun 26, 2009 |
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American teenagers spend most of their free time glued to their computer screens, right? Not according to a new study. They spend much more time glued to the television set.
Worried about mercury? It's easy to choose safer fish
Jun 26, 2009 |
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We've been told seafood is good for us because it's low in calories and fat, full of protein and packed with Omega-3s, which may protect against coronary heart disease and stroke, and are thought to help neurological development ...
Making nanoparticles in artificial cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Two new construction manuals are now available for the world's smallest lamps. Based on these protocols, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have tailor-made nanoparticles that ...
One-stop shop for grid computing (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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From searching for cures for disease to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere, grid computing has become essential to data-intensive research. But accessing limited grid resources is not always a simple task. ...
Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain
Jun 26, 2009 |
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When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential switching on and off of thousands ...
Cooperative learning methods top list of effective approaches for secondary mathematics
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's ...
