Archive: 01/28/2009
New car tech: Not just crash protection, but prevention
A car that can brake itself to avoid a fender-bender during the morning commute might seem far into the future. Except it goes on sale in March. That's when City Safety, a low-speed collision-avoidance technology becomes ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Windows talks, but it won't listen to him
Q. I installed Windows on a new PC hard drive, but failed to activate the software with Microsoft's online service in the required time. Now, when I try to access music, Windows asks me if I want to activate. When I try ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Record number of manatees counted in Florida
Aided by a string of cold snaps, state scientists counted a record number of manatees in Florida waters this year.
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Blood pressure test reveals heart disease risk in patients with early stages of CKD
Pulse pressure, an inexpensive and noninvasive measurement derived from blood pressure readings, can effectively indicate which patients with kidney disease are at increased risk of developing potentially fatal heart complications, ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Call to action: Running out of options to fight ever-changing 'super bugs'
People are dying from "super bugs" because our antibiotic arsenal has run dry, leaving the world without sufficient weapons to fight ever-changing bacteria, warn infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas Medical ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Weight loss reduces incontinence for women
Starting a weight-loss regimen significantly reduces urinary incontinence for women, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of California, San Francisco.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Discovery could lead to a new animal model for hepatitis C
During its career, the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus has banked its success on a rather unusual strategy: its limitations. Its inability to infect animals other than humans and chimpanzees has severely ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Super Bowl ads will reflect tough economy, says advertising professor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fewer cars. More horses. A softer sell. That’s just part of what viewers can expect in Sunday’s “Super Bowl of advertising,” as companies adjust their marketing in a very down market, says Jan Slater, a branding ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Sub-atomic-scale Writing Using a Quantum Hologram Sets New Size Record (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have set a new world record for the smallest writing, with features of letters as small as 0.3 nanometers, or roughly one third of a billionth of a meter. The accomplishment demonstrates ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Hard times bring on ‘Lipstick Effect’
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lipstick and takeout food are not a panacea for dwindling retirement accounts and the anxiety of global economic woes.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request to determine its orientation ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Some of Earth's climate troubles should face burial at sea, scientists say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues -- the stalks and such left after harvesting -- and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Researchers define challenging carbon-emissions targets for U.S. auto industry
(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. automakers must achieve an eightfold reduction in automobile-related carbon emissions to help stabilize the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere by 2050, according ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Samsung Launches Super-Thin LED Monitor
Samsung Electronics announced the addition of a super-thin LED monitor to its 'Touch of Color' (ToC™) family - the P2370L.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Use texting as reminder
There are lots of things you hear while you're out that you might want to remember later, such as the name of a movie to rent, restaurants to try or shows to program on the DVR.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 28, 2009 |
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