Apple Updates iMac
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Apple today updated its all-in-one iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. With prices starting at just $1,199, iMac includes faster ...
Will you be misdiagnosed? -- how diagnostic errors happen
Apr 28, 2008 |
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How frequently do doctors misdiagnose patients? While research has demonstrated that the great majority of medical diagnoses are correct, the answer is probably higher than patients expect and certainly higher than doctors ...
Spinal cord injury research hampered by animal models, says new study
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Research on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that don’t accurately predict human outcomes, says a new study in the upcoming edition of the peer-reviewed journal Reviews in th ...
UK tabloids contribute to climate complacency
Apr 28, 2008 |
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The effect of human behaviour on climate change is misrepresented in the most widely-read UK tabloid newspapers, according to the latest research at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute.
MIT professor will lead science team for NASA satellite to map Earth's water cycle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2008 |
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MIT Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to make global soil moisture and freeze/thaw measurements, data essential to the accuracy of weather forecasts and ...
Genes for common heart condition and kidney problem identified
Apr 28, 2008 |
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A gene that can cause the heart to become enlarged, greatly increasing the risk of heart attacks and heart failure, is identified today in a new study. A gene that can cause the kidney to become inflamed, ...
NASA, M2MI work on satellite development
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency says it and the Machine to Machine Corp. have signed an agreement to make "nanosats" to improve space telecommunications.
Washington turning to bike-sharing plan
Apr 28, 2008 |
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A new bike-sharing venture in Washington called SmartBike DC will allow people to rent bicycles using only a membership card, city officials say.
Chinese ants show promise for fighting arthritis, other diseases
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Ants may be an unwelcome intruder at picnics, but they could soon be a welcome guest in your medicine cabinet. Chemists in China report identification of substances in a certain species of ants that show promise ...
Scientists reveal evolutionary intricacies of Rickettsia pathogens
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Apr 28, 2008 |
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Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have unveiled some of the evolutionary intricacies of rickettsial pathogens by analyzing over ...
Researcher finds symbolic overtones in the names of cancer medicines
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Linguistics expert Lewis Glinert, professor of Asian and Middle Eastern languages and literatures at Dartmouth, has found that the names of cancer medicines (common, trade, and generic names), often contain sounds associated ...
Virtual world therapeautic for addicts: study shows
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Patients in therapy to overcome addictions have a new arena to test their coping skills—the virtual world. A new study by University of Houston Associate Professor Patrick Bordnick found that a virtual reality ...
Researchers unveil a new class of fatty acids
Apr 28, 2008 |
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CSIRO researchers have discovered a new class of fatty acids – alpha-hydroxy polyacetylenic fatty acids – that could be used as sensors for detecting changes in temperature and mechanical stress loads.
FDA OKs Relistor for opioid patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide) to help restore bowel function in patients receiving opioids.
Cell-based therapy shows promise in patients with Parkinson's disease
Apr 28, 2008 |
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A novel cell therapy using retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells attached to tiny gelatin bead microcarriers implanted in the brain can improve the symptoms of patients with moderate to advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD).
