UCI Innovation for Developers: Cut to the Action CodeGenie
Nov 06, 2007 |
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A brilliant innovation by graduate students of the University of California, Irvine. The CodeGenie will cut down on hours of painstaking search and filter. It is an Eclipse plugin that searches Open Source code and its results ...
Relationship marketing builds illusionary loyalty as salespeople capture customers' hearts
Nov 06, 2007 |
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The battle to win and keep customers in an increasingly competitive and crowded marketplace has become tougher as more companies and products are available to the free world. In response to these competitive pressures, companies ...
Texas' first hydrogen fuel cell bus on the road
Nov 06, 2007 |
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The University of Texas at Austin and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) have introduced a joint technology program that features the first hydrogen fuel cell bus to be licensed and operated in Texas.
Bringing all-optical networks closer to home
Nov 06, 2007 |
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Converting between electronic and optical signals is one of the main costs in high-speed data networks and telecommunications applications, even more so when looking at future applications. The solution, say ...
Scientists find high-fat diet disrupts body clock
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Nov 06, 2007 |
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Our body’s 24-hour internal clock, or circadian clock, regulates the time we go to sleep, wake up and become hungry as well as the daily rhythms of many metabolic functions. The clock -- an ancient molecular machine found ...
IBM world community grid squeezes decades of cancer research into 2 years
Nov 06, 2007 |
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Canadian researchers expect to accelerate the war on cancer by tapping into a global network of hundreds of thousands of people who volunteer their idle computer time to tackle some of the world’s most complex problems.
Finding alternatives to suicide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2007 |
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On being faced with dealing with the aftermath of the suicide of a loved one, family and friends often say, "if only he or she had called me" If only he'd asked for help..." and so forth. But from the perspective of the people ...
Research links diet to cognitive decline and dementia
Nov 06, 2007 |
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Research has shown convincing evidence that dietary patterns practiced during adulthood are important contributors to age-related cognitive decline and dementia risk. An article published in Annals of the New York Academy ...
Scientists complete genome sequence of fungus responsible for dandruff, skin disorders
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Nov 06, 2007 |
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Scientists from P&G Beauty announced that they successfully sequenced the complete genome for Malassezia globosa (M. globosa), a naturally occurring fungus responsible for the onset of dandruff and other skin conditions in hum ...
Unlocking the function of enzymes
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Nov 06, 2007 |
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Fitting a key into a lock may seem like a simple task, but researchers at Texas A&M University are using a method that involves testing thousands of keys to unlock the functions of enzymes, and their findings could open the ...
New research reveals critical knowledge about the nervous system
Nov 06, 2007 |
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Uncover the neural communication links involved in myelination, the process of protecting a nerve’s axon, and it may become possible to reverse the breakdown of the nervous system’s electrical transmissions in such disorders ...
Diesel exhaust associated with higher heart attack, stroke risk in men
Nov 06, 2007 |
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Increased roadway pollution produced by diesel fuel in vehicles is leading to a cascade of conditions that could result in heart attack or stroke, researchers suggested in the report of a small study presented at the American ...
NASA technology helps predict and prevent future pandemic outbreaks
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2007 |
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With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been able to observe the Earth’s environment to help predict and prevent ...
Fat cells send message that aids insulin secretion
Nov 06, 2007 |
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The body's fat cells help the pancreas do its job of secreting insulin, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This previously unrecognized process ultimately could lead to new methods ...
To fight disease, animals, like plants, can tolerate parasites
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Nov 06, 2007 |
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Animals, like plants, can build tolerance to infections at a genetic level, and these findings could provide a better understanding of the epidemiology and evolution of infectious disease, according to evolutionary biologists.
