Archive: 05/27/2009
HD camcorders shoot great video but it's not easy to watch
If you want to buy a high-definition camcorder, no problem -- you have a range of options.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 27, 2009 |
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Researchers track public reaction to flu outbreak
As two Stanford University researchers described their experience watching public reactions in the initial days of the H1N1 flu outbreak, it sounded like one of those nature films in which tiny fish dart back and forth in ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Lower gas prices beat lower greenhouse gases in online survey
Asked to choose between lower gasoline prices and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline, 66 percent of Americans in a new online survey chose lower gas prices and the rest said that reducing the emissions that cause ...
May 27, 2009 |
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U-verse offers TV alternative and more
OK, I admit it. When I am asked to test questionable software, I usually install it first on my wife's computer. And my kids are crash-test dummies ramming head-first into all sorts of dubious products. But they don't care ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Palm faces 'make-or-break' event with launch of the Pre
Few businesses rise or fall on a single product, but Palm Inc. has essentially banked its future as a company on a small, touch-screen wireless phone set to hit the market in just two weeks.
May 27, 2009 |
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US journalism institute, entrepreneurs in news venture
A US journalism institute and four entrepreneurs announced Wednesday they have joined forces in a Silicon Valley-based venture called CircLabs aimed at financing online news.
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Unsafe neighborhoods disable the elderly
Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that e ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Team develops DNA compounds that could help treat lupus
A research team led by a University of Iowa investigator has generated DNA-like compounds that effectively inhibit the cells responsible for systemic lupus erythematosus -- the most common and serious form of lupus. There ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Worldwide report shows increase in assisted reproduction: 250,000 babies a year
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies born each year worldwide according to an international study. The study also finds that the number of ART procedures is growing ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Global emissions to leap 39 percent by 2030: US
Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday.
May 27, 2009 |
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Jobs sounds 'healthy, energetic': Apple co-founder
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs sounds healthy, a month before his scheduled return from a medical leave of absence, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
May 27, 2009 |
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New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease
Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body’s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a “nano-hybrid ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Music played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits
Music played to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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People with parents who fight are more likely to have mental health problems in later life
People with parents who were violent to each other are more likely to have mental health problems when they grow up, reveals research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
May 27, 2009 |
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Research suggests new cellular targets for HIV drug development
Focusing HIV drug development on immune cells called macrophages instead of traditionally targeted T cells could bring us closer to eradicating the disease, according to new research from University of Florida and five other ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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