Archive: 12/28/2007
Fortune 1000 IT investments are riskier than capital investments, says management insights
A study of Fortune 1000 companies shows that investments in information technology carry higher risk than other capital investments, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the fl ...
Dec 28, 2007 |
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Mobile Metal Atoms: New class of lithium-rich solids with unusually high lithium mobility
Mobile phones, notebook computers, iPods—the boom in portable computing and communications devices is dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to deliver power.
Dec 28, 2007 |
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Handling pesticides associated with greater asthma risk in farm women
New research on farm women has shown that contact with some commonly used pesticides in farm work may increase their risk of allergic asthma.
Dec 28, 2007 |
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Pilot error declines as factor in airline mishaps
The number of airline mishaps attributed to pilot error significantly declined between 1983 and 2002, according to an analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While the overall ...
Dec 28, 2007 |
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New drug targets may fight tuberculosis and other bacterial infections in novel way
Over the course of the 20th Century, doctors waged war against infectious bacterial illness with the best new weapon they had: antibiotics. But the emergence of dangerous, multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis and ...
Dec 28, 2007 |
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Beef patties recalled in New Jersey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the Maramont Corporation has recalled 88 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Dec 28, 2007 |
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EPA plan to cut mercury levels in fish
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan to reduce mercury levels in fish throughout New England and New York.
Dec 28, 2007 |
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NASA to modify shuttle fuel sensors
U.S. space officials said they will modify a fuel sensor system on the space shuttle Atlantis to correct false readings.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 28, 2007 |
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FDA OKs Voluven for post-op blood loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Voluven as a treatment for blood loss after surgery.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 28, 2007 |
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