Archive: 05/28/2009
Study: Radio waves erase pre-cancer cells in esophagus
Heat generated by radio waves erases most pre-cancerous cells associated with chronic acid reflux, providing an alternative to surgery or the current wait-and-see approach.
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Is social media making you anti-social?
The turning point came around November for Jessi Odenbach.
May 28, 2009 |
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Aviation biofuel proves itself in tests, but is there enough?
Initial flight tests have found that jet fuel made partly of camelina, algae or other bio-feed stocks can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes by more than 50 percent, doesn't affect performance and presents no ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Siri lifts veil on intelligent assistant
What could be one of the most significant advances in artificial intelligence in a decade is heading toward the iPhone App store this fall.
May 28, 2009 |
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Twitter charity a fistful of Twollars
You don't have to be a Twillionaire to donate to a charity in the Twittersphere.
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Scientists follow live infection by food-poisoning bacteria Listeria
Scientists in Portugal and France managed to follow the patterns of gene expression in food-poisoning bacteria Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) live during infection for the first time. The work ab ...
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Future of newspapers is digital: Murdoch
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday that the future of newspapers is digital, but it may be 10 to 15 years before readers go fully electronic.
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Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs
(AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. ...
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Discovery of Non-blinking Semiconductor Nanocrystals Advances their Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 28, 2009 |
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Saved by junk DNA
VIB researchers linked to K.U.Leuven and Harvard University show that stretches of DNA previously believed to be useless 'junk' DNA play a vital role in the evolution of our genome. They found that unstable pieces of junk ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Small molecule inhibitor shows promise in trastuzumab-resistant metastatic breast cancer
Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that a combination of trastuzumab and neratinib (HKI-272) a novel small molecule inhibitor of the HER2 receptor (ErbB2) appears active in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Probing Question: Should society regulate reproductive technologies?
It is not generally considered polite to ask people how their children were conceived. We tend to view reproduction as a private matter, something that happens behind closed doors, and stays there. But recent ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Scientists Return from Expedition to Drill Beneath Frozen Russian Lake
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the United States, Germany, Russia and Austria has just returned from a six-month drilling expedition to a frozen lake in Siberia: Lake El'gygytgyn, "Lake E" for ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Houndstongue is a controllable problem on range and wild lands
(PhysOrg.com) -- Houndstongue--also known as beggar's lice, dog's tongue, sheep bur and woolmat--is not only a general nuisance to those of you who find its sticky seeds stuck in your shoelaces or the hair of your dogs and ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at Last
(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known.
May 28, 2009 |
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